Eosimiidae
| Eosimiidae[1] Temporal range: Eocene–Oligocene | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Suborder: | Haplorrhini |
| Family: | †Eosimiidae Beard et al., 1994 |
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Eosimiidae is the family of extinct primates believed to be the earliest simians.
Taxonomy
There appears to be a wealthy diversity of Eosimmids in China. With several genera, such as Phileosimias, and Anthrasimias. Their classification as Eosimiids appears to be dubious. Some scholars have even questioned whether the Eosimiids are even simians, as they seem closer to Tarsiiformes. Gunnell and Miller (2001) have found that Eosimiid morphology don't match up to anthropoid morphology.[3]
See also
- Evolutionary biology
- Afrasia
References
- ↑ Haaramo, Mikko (2002-12-29). "Mikko's Phylogeny Archive". Retrieved 2007-07-05.
- ↑ Bajpai S, Kay RF, Williams BA, Das DP, Kapur VV, Tiwari BN (Aug 2008). "The oldest Asian record of Anthropoidea". Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 105 (32): 11093–8. doi:10.1073/pnas.0804159105. PMC 2516236. PMID 18685095.
- ↑ Primate Adaptation and Evolution: 3rd Edition, Ch. 13, p 279-281
External links
- Beard KC, Wang J (Apr 2004). "The eosimiid primates (Anthropoidea) of the Heti Formation, Yuanqu Basin, Shanxi and Henan Provinces, People's Republic of China". J Hum Evol. 46 (4): 401–32. doi:10.1016/j.jhevol.2004.01.002. PMID 15066378.
- Kay RF, Ross C, Williams BA (Feb 1997). "Anthropoid origins". Science 275 (5301): 797–804. doi:10.1126/science.275.5301.797. PMID 9012340.