Djebelemuridae

Djebelemuridae
Temporal range: Early to Late Eocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Primates
Suborder:Strepsirrhini
Infraorder:incertae sedis
Family:Djebelemuridae
Hartenberger & Marandat, 1992
Genus

Djebelemuridae is an extinct family of early strepsirrhine primates from Africa.[3] It consists of five genera.[4]

Notes

  1. In 2006, Godinot noted that 'Anchomomys' milleri requires a new generic designation because it does not belong in the genus Anchomomys, which contains cercamoniine adapiforms found in Europe.[1] Both djebelemurids share more characteristics—and therefore share a close phylogenetic relationship—with African lemuriforms than Eocene European cercamoniines.[2]

References

  1. Godinot 2006, p. 452.
  2. Godinot 2006, p. 453.
  3. Godinot 2010, pp. 324–326.
  4. Fleagle 2013, p. 415.

Literature cited

  • Godinot, M. (2006). "Lemuriform origins as viewed from the fossil record". Folia Primatologica. 77 (6): 446–464. doi:10.1159/000095391. PMID 17053330.
  • Godinot, M. (2010). "Chapter 19: Paleogene Prosimians". In Werdelin, L.; Sanders, W.J. Cenozoic Mammals of Africa. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-25721-4.
  • Fleagle, J.G. (2013). Primate Adaptation and Evolution (3rd ed.). Academic Press. ISBN 978-0-123-78633-3. OCLC 820107187.


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