Copelemur
Extinct genus of primates
Copelemur Temporal range: Early Eocene (Wasatchian-Bridgerian) ~50.3–46.2 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Primates |
Suborder: | Strepsirrhini |
Family: | †Notharctidae |
Subfamily: | †Notharctinae |
Genus: | †Copelemur Gingerich & Simons, 1977 |
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†Copelemur tutus Cope, 1877 | |
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Copelemur is a genus of adapiform primate that lived in North America during the early Eocene.[1]
References
Bibliography
- Gebo, D.L. (2002). "Adapiformes: Phylogeny and adaptation". In Hartwig, W.C. (ed.). The Primate Fossil Record. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-08141-2. OCLC 47254191.
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- See also: Adapiformes
- Subfossil lemur