Biology:Wailekia
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Short description: Extinct genus of primates
| Wailekia Temporal range: Late Eocene
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Suborder: | Strepsirrhini |
| Family: | †Sivaladapidae |
| Genus: | †Wailekia Ducrocq et al., 1995 |
| Species: | †W. orientale
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| Binomial name | |
| †Wailekia orientale Ducrocq et al., 1995
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Wailekia is a genus of adapiform primate that lived in Asia during the late 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 ☰ Q16647619 entry
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