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Copelemur

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