Leptadapis

Leptadapis; Temporal range: Middle Eocene; ~40–37 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
	L. magnus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Primates
Suborder:	Strepsirrhini
Family:	†Adapidae
Subfamily:	†Adapinae
Genus:	†Leptadapis; Gervais, 1876
Type species
	Skull and mandible; Filhol, 1874
Species
	†L. assolicus; †L. filholi Godinot & Couette, 2008; †L. capellae Crusafont-Pairo, 1967; †L. leenhardti Stehlin, 1912; †L. magnus Filhol, 1874; †L. ruetimeyeri Stehlin, 1912;
Synonyms
	Paradapis Tattersall & Schwartz, 1983;

Leptadapis is a genus of adapiform primate that lived in Europe during the middle Eocene.^[1] Fossils of the genus have been found in the of Spain and Egerkingen in Switzerland.^[2]

L. magnus skull

References[]

^ Gebo 2002, p. 28.
^ Leptadapis at Fossilworks.org

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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[FOOTNOTEGebo200228-1] Gebo 2002, p. 28.

[FW-2] Leptadapis at Fossilworks.org

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Leptadapis Temporal range: Middle Eocene ~40–37 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓

L. magnus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Primates
Suborder:	Strepsirrhini
Family:	†Adapidae
Subfamily:	†Adapinae
Genus:	†Leptadapis Gervais, 1876
Type species
Skull and mandible Filhol, 1874
Species
†L. assolicus †L. filholi Godinot & Couette, 2008 †L. capellae Crusafont-Pairo, 1967 †L. leenhardti Stehlin, 1912 †L. magnus Filhol, 1874 †L. ruetimeyeri Stehlin, 1912
Synonyms
Paradapis Tattersall & Schwartz, 1983