Adapiformes

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Adapiformes
Fossil range: Eocene - Miocene

Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Primates
Suborder:	Strepsirrhini
Infraorder:	Adapiformes

Families (extinct)

Nothactidae
Sivaladapidae
Adapidae

Adapiformes are an extinct group of primitive primates. Their closest living relatives are the lemurs, lorises, and galagos. The adapiformes dominated much of the northern continents, reaching as far south as northern Africa and tropical Asia. The adapiformes existed from the Eocene epoch to the Miocene epoch. Most of the adapiformes looked similar to living lemurs.

[edit] Classification

Family Nothactidae
- Subfamily Cercamoniinae
  - Genus Anchomomys
  - Genus Buxella
  - Genus Donrussellia
  - Genus Europolemur
  - Genus Mahgarita
  - Genus Periconodon
  - Genus Pronycticebus
- Subfamily Nothactinae
  - Genus Cantius
  - Genus Notharctus
  - Genus Smilodectes
Family Sivaladapidae
- Genus Sivaladapis
Family Adapidae
- Genus Adapis
- Genus Adapoides
- Genus Leptadapis
- Genus Godinotia
Family Incertae sedis
- Genus Omanodon