Namaia
| Namaia bogenfelsi Temporal range: Early Middle Eocene | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Suborder: | Strepsirrhini |
| Infraorder: | incertae sedis |
| Family: | †Djebelemuridae |
| Genus: | †Namaia Pickford et al., 2008 |
| Species: | †N. bogenfelsi |
| Binomial name | |
| Namaia bogenfelsi Pickford et al., 2008 | |
Namaia is a genus of primate related to lemuriforms that lived in Africa during the early middle Eocene. It was originally thought to be an early simian, but was later aligned with the djebelemurids.[1]
Notes
References
- ↑ Fleagle 2013, p. 232.
Literature cited
- Fleagle, J.G. (2013). Primate Adaptation and Evolution (3rd ed.). Academic Press. ISBN 978-0-123-78633-3. OCLC 820107187.