Shizarodon

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Shizarodon
Temporal range: Early Oligocene
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Strepsirrhini
Family: Djebelemuridae
Genus: Shizarodon
Gheerbrant et al., 1993
Species:
S. dhofarensis
Binomial name
Shizarodon dhofarensis
Gheerbrant et al., 1993

Shizarodon is a genus of primate related to lemuriforms[1] that lived in Oman during the early Oligocene.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ Fleagle 2013, p. 415.
  2. ^ Gebo 2002, p. 35.

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.
  • Fleagle, J.G. (2013). Primate Adaptation and Evolution (3rd ed.). Academic Press. ISBN 978-0-123-78633-3. OCLC 820107187.


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