Sulaimanius

Sulaimanius arifi
Temporal range: Late Early Eocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Strepsirrhini
Infraorder: Adapiformes
Family: incertae sedis
Genus: Sulaimanius
Gunnell et al., 2012
Species: S. arifi
Binomial name
Sulaimanius arifi
Gunnell et al., 2008

Sulaimanius is a genus of adapiform primate that lived in Asia during the late early Eocene.[1] The genus was originally named Sulaimania, but was renamed in 2012 by the original authors to use the masculine form, Sulaimanius, to avoid a conflict with a genera of spider.[2]

References

  1. Fleagle 2013, p. 243.
  2. Gregg F. Gunnell, Philip D. Gingerich, Jonathan I. Bloch, and William C. Clyde. Sulaimanius, gen. nov., and Indusomys, gen. nov., replacement names for Sulaimania and Indusius Gunnell, Gingerich, Ul-Haq, Bloch, Khan, and Clyde, 2008, preoccupied names. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 2012. 32(4):975-975. DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2012.670180

Literature cited

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