Biology:Protoadapis
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Short description: Extinct genus of primates
Protoadapis Temporal range: Middle Eocene
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Radiograph of Protoadapis ignoratus jaw | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Primates |
Suborder: | Strepsirrhini |
Family: | †Notharctidae |
Subfamily: | †Cercamoniinae |
Genus: | †Protoadapis Lemoine, 1878 |
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†Protoadapis curvicuspidens Lemoine, 1878
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Protoadapis is a genus of adapiform primate that lived in Europe during the early middle Eocene.[1]
References
Literature cited
- Gebo, D.L. (2002). "Adapiformes: Phylogeny and adaptation". The Primate Fossil Record. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-08141-2. OCLC 47254191. https://books.google.com/books?id=Ezm1OA_s6isC&pg=PA21.
Wikidata ☰ Q17154608 entry
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