Djebelemuridae

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Djebelemuridae
Temporal range: Early to Late Eocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Strepsirrhini
Infraorder: incertae sedis
Family: †Djebelemuridae
Hartenberger and Marandat, 1992
Genus

Djebelemuridae is an extinct family of early strepsirrhine primates from Africa.[3]

Notes

  1. ↑ In 2006, Godinot noted that 'Anchomomys' milleri requires a new generic designation because it does not belong in the genus Anchomomys, which contains cercamoniine adapiforms found in Europe.[1] Both djebelemurids share more characteristics—and therefore share a close phylogenetic relationship—with African lemuriforms than Eocene European cercamoniines.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Godinot 2006, p. 452.
  2. ↑ Godinot 2006, p. 453.
  3. ↑ Godinot 2010, pp. 324–326.

Literature cited

  • Godinot, M. (2006). "Lemuriform origins as viewed from the fossil record". Folia Primatologica 77 (6): 446–464. doi:10.1159/000095391. PMID 17053330. 
  • Godinot, M. (2010). "Chapter 19: Paleogene Prosimians". In Werdelin, L.; Sanders, W.J. Cenozoic Mammals of Africa. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-25721-4. 
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