Mahgarita
Mahgarita Temporal range: Late Eocene
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Primates |
Suborder: | Strepsirrhini |
Family: | †Adapidae |
Genus: | †Mahgarita Wilson & Szalay, 1976 |
Species: | †M. stevensi
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Binomial name | |
†Mahgarita stevensi Wilson & Szalay, 1976
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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[]
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.
Categories:
- Prehistoric strepsirrhines
- Eocene primates
- Prehistoric mammals of North America
- Monotypic primate genera
- Prehistoric primate genera
- Paleontology in Texas
- Fossil taxa described in 1976
- Prehistoric primate stubs