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Protoadapis

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Protoadapis
Temporal range: Middle Eocene
Radiograph of Protoadapis ignoratus jaw
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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. (ed.). The Primate Fossil Record. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-08141-2. OCLC 47254191. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)