Wailekia

Wailekia
Temporal range: Late Eocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Strepsirrhini
Family: †Sivaladapidae
Genus: †Wailekia
Ducrocq et al., 1995
Species:
†W. orientale
Binomial name
†Wailekia orientale
Ducrocq et al., 1995

Wailekia is a genus of adapiform primate that lived in Asia during the late Eocene.[1]

References

  1. ^ Gebo 2002, p. 34.

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.