Laetolia

Laetolia
Temporal range: Pliocene, 3.63–3.85 Ma
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Strepsirrhini
Family: Galagidae
Genus: †Laetolia
Harrison, 2011
Species:
†L. sadimanensis
Binomial name
†Laetolia sadimanensis
(Walker, 1987)

Laetolia is an extinct genus of galagid primates from the Pliocene of Tanzania. It contains one species, L. sadimanensis, which is known from several dentary fragments discovered in the Upper Laetolil Beds of Laetoli. It was originally described in 1987 as a species of Galago, but a separate genus was erected for it in 2011.[1]

References

  1. ^ Harrison, T. (2011). "Galagidae (Lorisoidea, Primates)". Paleontology and Geology of Laetoli: Human Evolution in Context. Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology. pp. 75–81. doi:10.1007/978-90-481-9962-4_5. ISBN 978-90-481-9961-7.


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