Djebelemuridae
Djebelemuridae Temporal range: Early to Late Eocene | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Primates |
Suborder: | Strepsirrhini |
Infraorder: | incertae sedis |
Family: | †Djebelemuridae Hartenberger & Marandat, 1992 |
Genus | |
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Djebelemuridae is an extinct family of early strepsirrhine primates from Africa.[3] It consists of five genera.[4]
Notes
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Godinot 2006, p. 452.
- ↑ Godinot 2006, p. 453.
- ↑ Godinot 2010, pp. 324–326.
- ↑ Fleagle 2013, p. 415.
Literature cited
- Godinot, M. (2006). "Lemuriform origins as viewed from the fossil record". Folia Primatologica 77 (6): 446–464. doi:10.1159/000095391. PMID 17053330.
- Godinot, M. (2010). "Chapter 19: Paleogene Prosimians". In Werdelin, L.; Sanders, W.J. Cenozoic Mammals of Africa. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-25721-4.
- Fleagle, J.G. (2013). Primate Adaptation and Evolution (3rd ed.). Academic Press. ISBN 978-0-123-78633-3. OCLC 820107187.
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