Periconodon
| Periconodon Temporal range: Middle Eocene | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Suborder: | Strepsirrhini |
| Family: | †Notharctidae |
| Subfamily: | †Cercamoniinae |
| Genus: | †Periconodon Stehlin, 1916 |
| Type species | |
| Periconodon helveticus Stehlin, 1916 | |
| Species | |
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Periconodon is a genus of adapiform primate that lived in western Europe during the early middle Eocene.[1]
References
Literature cited
- Gebo, D.L. (2002). "Adapiformes: Phylogeny and adaptation". In Hartwig, W.C. The Primate Fossil Record. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-08141-2. OCLC 47254191.
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