Caenopithecus

Caenopithecus lemuroides
Temporal range: Middle Eocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Strepsirrhini
Family: Adapidae
Subfamily: Caenopithecinae
Genus: Caenopithecus
Rütimeyer, 1862
Species: C. lemuroides
Binomial name
Caenopithecus lemuroides
Rütimeyer, 1862

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

References

  1. Gebo 2002, p. 28.

Literature cited

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