Copelemur

Copelemur
Temporal range: Early Eocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Primates
Suborder:Strepsirrhini
Family:Notharctidae
Subfamily:Notharctinae
Genus:Copelemur
Gingerich & Simons, 1977
Type species
Copelemur tutus
Cope, 1877
Species
  • C. australotutus
  • C. praetutus
  • C. tutus

Copelemur is a genus of adapiform primate that lived in North America during the early Eocene.[1]

References

  1. Gebo 2002, p. 24.

Literature cited

  • Gebo, D.L. (2002). "Adapiformes: Phylogeny and adaptation". In Hartwig, W.C. The Primate Fossil Record. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-08141-2. OCLC 47254191.
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