Protoadapis
| Protoadapis Temporal range: Middle Eocene
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| Radiograph of Protoadapis ignoratus jaw | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Suborder: | Strepsirrhini |
| Family: | †Notharctidae |
| Subfamily: | †Cercamoniinae |
| Genus: | †Protoadapis Lemoine, 1878 |
| Type species | |
| Protoadapis curvicuspidens Lemoine, 1878
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Protoadapis is a genus of adapiform primate that lived in Europe during the early middle Eocene.[1]
References[]
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.
Categories:
- Prehistoric strepsirrhines
- Eocene primates
- Prehistoric mammals of Europe
- Prehistoric primate genera
- Fossil taxa described in 1878