Sulaimanius
Sulaimanius arifi Temporal range: Late Early Eocene | |
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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
- ↑ Fleagle 2013, p. 243.
- ↑ 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
- Fleagle, J.G. (2013). Primate Adaptation and Evolution (3rd ed.). Academic Press. ISBN 978-0-123-78633-3. OCLC 820107187.
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