Biology:Paromomyidae

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Short description: Extinct family of mammals

Paromomyidae
Ignacius NT.jpg
Restoration of Ignacius graybullianus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Plesiadapiformes
Family: Paromomyidae
Simpson, 1940[1]
Genera

Paromomyidae is a family of mammals that may include the earliest primates, or taxa closely related to them.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Bloch, Jonathan I.; Silcox, Mary T.; Boyer, Doug M.; Sargis, Eric J. (January 23, 2007). "New Paleocene skeletons and the relationship of plesiadapiforms to crown-clade primates". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 104 (4): 1159–1164. doi:10.1073/pnas.0610579104. PMID 17229835. 

Wikidata ☰ Q2459615 entry