Protoadapis

Protoadapis is a genus of adapiform primate that lived in Europe during the early middle Eocene.

Extinct genus of primates

Protoadapis Temporal range: Middle Eocene
Radiograph of Protoadapis ignoratus jaw
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Primates
Suborder:	Strepsirrhini
Family:	†Notharctidae
Subfamily:	†Cercamoniinae
Genus:	†Protoadapis Lemoine, 1878
Type species
†Protoadapis curvicuspidens Lemoine, 1878
Species
P. andrei P. angustidens P. curvicuspidens P. ignoratus P. muechelnensis P. recticuspidens P. weigelti

Protoadapis is a genus of adapiform primate that lived in Europe during the early middle Eocene.^[1]

References

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1. ^ Gebo 2002, p. 29.

Literature cited

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• 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.