Microadapis

Microadapis
Temporal range: Middle Eocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Strepsirrhini
Family: †Adapidae
Subfamily: †Adapinae
Genus: †Microadapis
Szalay, 1974
Type species
†Microadapis sciureus
Stehlin, 1916
Species
  • †M. lynnae
  • †M. sciureus Stehlin, 1916

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

References

  1. ^ Gebo 2002, p. 32.

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.


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