Djebelemuridae

Djebelemuridae
Temporal range: Early to Late Eocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Strepsirrhini
Infraorder: incertae sedis
Family: Djebelemuridae
Hartenberger & Marandat, 1992
Genus

Djebelemuridae is an extinct family of early strepsirrhine primates from Africa.[3] It consists of five genera.[4]

Notes

  1. In 2006, Godinot noted that 'Anchomomys' milleri requires a new generic designation because it does not belong in the genus Anchomomys, which contains cercamoniine adapiforms found in Europe.[1] Both djebelemurids share more characteristics—and therefore share a close phylogenetic relationship—with African lemuriforms than Eocene European cercamoniines.[2]

References

  1. Godinot 2006, p. 452.
  2. Godinot 2006, p. 453.
  3. Godinot 2010, pp. 324–326.
  4. Fleagle 2013, p. 415.

Literature cited

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