Shizarodon

Shizarodon dhofarensis
Temporal range: Early Oligocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Strepsirrhini
Infraorder: incertae sedis
Family: Djebelemuridae
Genus: Shizarodon
Gheerbrant et al., 1993
Species: S. dhofarensis
Binomial name
Shizarodon dhofarensis
Gheerbrant et al., 1993

Shizarodon is a genus of primate related to lemuriforms[1] that lived in Oman during the early Oligocene.[2]

Notes

    References

    1. Fleagle 2013, p. 415.
    2. Gebo 2002, p. 35.

    Literature cited

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