Sinoadapis
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Extinct genus of primates
| Sinoadapis Temporal range: Late Miocene
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| Fossil jaw (IVPP AN 1985-1), Paleozoological Museum of China | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Family: | †Sivaladapidae |
| Genus: | †Sinoadapis Wu & Pan, 1985 |
| Species: | †S. carnosus
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| Binomial name | |
| †Sinoadapis carnosus Wu & Pan, 1985
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Sinoadapis is a genus of adapiform primate that lived in Asia during the late Miocene.[1]
References
[edit ]Literature cited
[edit ]- Gebo, D.L. (2002). "Adapiformes: Phylogeny and adaptation". In Hartwig, W.C. (ed.). The Primate Fossil Record. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-08141-2. OCLC 47254191.
