Mahgarita

Mahgarita
Temporal range: Late Eocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Strepsirrhini
Family: †Adapidae
Genus: †Mahgarita
Wilson & Szalay, 1976
Species:
†M. stevensi
Binomial name
†Mahgarita stevensi
Wilson & Szalay, 1976

Mahgarita stevensi is a genus of adapiform primate that lived in North America during the late Eocene.[1] Fossils of the genus were found in the Duchesnean Laredo and Devil's Graveyard Formations of Texas.

References

  1. ^ Gebo 2002, p. 29.

Bibliography

  • 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.


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