Protoadapis

Protoadapis
Temporal range: Middle Eocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Primates
Suborder:Strepsirrhini
Family:†Notharctidae
Subfamily:†Cercamoniinae
Genus:†Protoadapis
Lemoine, 1878
Type species
Protoadapis curvicuspidens
Lemoine, 1878
Species
  • P. angustidens
  • P. curvicuspidens
  • P. ignoratus
  • P. muechelnensis
  • P. recticuspidens
  • P. weigelti

Protoadapis is a genus of adapiform primate that lived in Europe during the early middle Eocene.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Gebo 2002, p. 29.

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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