Asiadapis
Asiadapis is a genus of adapiform primate that lived in India's Cambay Shale Formation during the early Eocene (Ypresian). It has two known species, Asiadapis cambayensis[1] and Asiadapis tapiensis.[2]
| Asiadapis Temporal range: Ypresian, | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Suborder: | Strepsirrhini |
| Family: | †Notharctidae |
| Subfamily: | †Asiadapinae |
| Genus: | †Asiadapis Rose et al., 2007 |
| Type species | |
| †Asiadapis cambayensis Rose et al., 2007 | |
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References
- K. D. Rose, R. S. Rana, A. Sahni and T. Smith. 2007. A new adapoid primate from the early Eocene of India. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 31(14):379-385
- Kenneth D. Rose; Rachel H. Dunn; Kishor Kumar; Jonathan M. G. Perry; Kristen A. Prufrock; Rajendra S. Rana; Thierry Smith (2018). "New fossils from Tadkeshwar Mine (Gujarat, India) increase primate diversity from the early Eocene Cambay Shale". Journal of Human Evolution. 122: 93–107. doi:10.1016/j.jhevol.2018.05.006. PMID 29886006.
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