Cantius

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Cantius Temporal range: Eocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Primates
Family:	Nothactidae
Subfamily:	Nothactinae
Genus:	Cantius Simons, 1962
Species
C. abditus Gingerich & Simons, 1977 C. angulatus Cope, 1875 C. frugivorus Cope, 1875 C. mckennai Gingerich & Simons 1977 C. nunienus Cope, 1881 C. ralstoni Matthew, 1915 C. simonsi Gunnell, 2002 C. torresi Gingerich, 1986 C. trigonodus Matthew, 1915

Cantius was a genus of adapiformes primate that lived in the Eocene in Europe^[1] and North America.^[2]

Referenceas

↑ A. Nel, G. de Plöeg, J. Dejax, D. Duthiel, D. Franceschi, E. Gheerbrant, M. Godinot, S. Hervet, J.-J. Menier, M. Augé, G. Bignot, C. Cavagnetto, S. Duffaud, J. Gaudant, S. Hua, A. Jossang, F. Lapparent Broin, J.-P. Pozzi, J.-C. Paicheler, F. Beuchet, and J.-C. Rage. 1999. Un gisement sparnacien exceptionnel à plantes, arthropodes et vertébrés (Éocène basal, MP7): Le Quesnoy (Oise, France). Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences - Series IIA - Earth and Planetary Science 329(1):65-72
↑ P. D. Gingerich and E. L. Simons. 1977. Systematics, phylogeny, and evolution of early Eocene Adapidae (Mammalia, Primates) in North America. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 24(22):245-279

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