Leptadapis

Leptadapis Temporal range: Middle Eocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Synapsida
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Primates
Suborder:	Strepsirrhini
Family:	†Adapidae
Subfamily:	†Adapinae
Genus:	†Leptadapis Gervais, 1876
Type species
Leptadapis magnus Filhol, 1874
Species
†L. assolicus †L. filholi Godinot & Couette, 2008 †L. capellae Crusafont-Pairo, 1967 †L. leenhardti Stehlin, 1912 †L. magnus Filhol, 1874 †L. ruetimeyeri Stehlin, 1912

Leptadapis is a genus of adapiform primate that lived in Europe during the middle Eocene.^[1]

References

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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