Lushius Chow 1961 (primate)

Mammalia - Primates

Full reference: M.-C. Chow. 1961. A New Tarsioid Primate from the Lushi Eocene, Honan. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 5(1):1-4

Parent taxon: Adapiformes according to G. F. Gunnell and E. R. Miller 2001

See also Chow 1961 and McKenna and Bell 1997

Sister taxa: Adapidae, Adapoidea, Caenopithecinae, Ekgmowechashalidae, Mahgarita, Mescalerolemur, Omanodon, Pronycticebinae, Sivaladapidae, Sivaladapinae

Subtaxa: Lushius qinlinensis

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Type: Lushius qinlinensis

Ecology: arboreal omnivore

Distribution: found only at Mengjiapo, fossil locality no. 57202, Lushi basin (Eocene of China)

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