Cantius

For the saint, see Cantius, Cantianus, and Cantianilla.

Cantius Temporal range: Early Eocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Primates
Suborder:	Strepsirrhini
Family:	†Notharctidae
Subfamily:	†Notharctinae
Genus:	†Cantius Simons, 1962
Species
C. abditus Gingerich & Simons, 1977 C. angulatus Cope, 1875 C. antediluvius C. eppsi C. frugivorus Cope, 1875 C. mckennai Gingerich & Simons 1977 C. nunienus Cope, 1881 C. ralstoni Matthew, 1915 C. savagei C. simonsi Gunnell, 2002 C. torresi Gingerich, 1986 C. trigonodus Matthew, 1915

Cantius is a genus of adapiform primate that lived in North America and Europe during the early Eocene.^[1]

References

↑ Gebo 2002, pp. 23–24.

Literature cited

Gebo, D.L. (2002). "Adapiformes: Phylogeny and adaptation". In Hartwig, W.C. The Primate Fossil Record. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-08141-2. OCLC 47254191.

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