Sivaladapidae
Sivaladapidae Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Primates |
Suborder: | Strepsirrhini |
Infraorder: | †Adapiformes |
Family: | †Sivaladapidae Thomas & Verma, 1979 |
Subfamily | |
Sivaladapidae is an extinct family of adapiform primates from Asia. They survived longer than any other adapiform primate because they were able to shift south as the climate cooled. Their remains date from the Eocene through the Miocene.[1]
Classification[]
- Family Sivaladapidae
- Subfamily Sivaladapinae
- Subfamily Hoanghoniinae
- Subfamily
- Genus
- incertae sedis
- Genus Guangxilemur
- Genus Kyitchaungia
- Genus
- Genus Paukkaungia
- Genus
- Genus Siamoadapis
- Genus
References[]
- ^ Gebo, D. L. (2008). "Adapiformes: Phylogeny and adaptation". In Hartwig, W. C (ed.). The Primate Fossil Record. Cambridge University Press. pp. 21–43. ISBN 978-0-521-08141-2.
Categories:
- Prehistoric strepsirrhines
- Eocene first appearances
- Miocene extinctions
- Primate families
- Prehistoric mammal families