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Taxonomy
Adapidae was named by Trouessart (1879). It is not extant. It was considered monophyletic by Kay et al. (2004).
It was assigned to Quadrumana by Cope (1889); to Neopithecini by Wortman (1903); to Lemuroidea by Szalay (1971); to Primates by Simpson (1940) and Sudre (1979); to Lemuriformes by Gingerich (1975) and Hooker (1986); to Strepsirhini by Beard et al. (1994); to Adapoidea by Simons et al. (1995); to Prosimii by Simons (1997) and Simons and Miller (1997); to Adapiformes by Carroll (1988), Gunnell and Miller (2001) and Kay et al. (2004); and to Euprimates by Silcox et al. (2010).
It was assigned to Quadrumana by Cope (1889); to Neopithecini by Wortman (1903); to Lemuroidea by Szalay (1971); to Primates by Simpson (1940) and Sudre (1979); to Lemuriformes by Gingerich (1975) and Hooker (1986); to Strepsirhini by Beard et al. (1994); to Adapoidea by Simons et al. (1995); to Prosimii by Simons (1997) and Simons and Miller (1997); to Adapiformes by Carroll (1988), Gunnell and Miller (2001) and Kay et al. (2004); and to Euprimates by Silcox et al. (2010).
Subtaxa
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1879 | Adapidae Trouessart |
| 1889 | Adapidae Cope p. 876 |
| 1903 | Adapidae Wortman p. 412 |
| 1940 | Adapidae Simpson p. 200 |
| 1967 | Arisella Crusafont Pairó |
| 1967 | Arisella capellae Crusafont Pairó |
| 1971 | Adapidae Szalay p. 3 |
| 1975 | Adapidae Gingerich p. 164 |
| 1979 | Adapidae Sudre p. 104 |
| 1986 | Adapidae Hooker p. 267 |
| 1988 | Adapidae Carroll |
| 1994 | Adapidae Beard et al. p. 605 |
| 1995 | Adapidae Simons et al. p. 578 |
| 1997 | Adapidae Simons p. 180 |
| 1997 | Adapidae Simons and Miller p. 7993 |
| 2001 | Adapidae Gunnell and Miller p. 189 |
| 2004 | Adapidae Kay et al. p. 100 |
| 2010 | Adapidae Silcox et al. |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Fm. †Adapidae Trouessart 1879
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Subfm. †Adapinae Trouessart 1879
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G. †Adapis Cuvier 1822
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†Adapis collinsonae Hooker 1986
†Adapis parisiensis Blainville 1841
†Adapis stintoni Gingerich 1977
†Adapis sudrei Gingerich 1977
G. †Leptadapis Gervais 1876
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Subg. †Leptadapis (Paradapis) Tattersall and Schwartz 1983
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†Leptadapis (Paradapis) priscus Stehlin 1916
†Leptadapis capellae Crusafont-Pairo 1967
†Leptadapis filholi Godinot and Couette 2008
†Leptadapis leenhardti Stehlin 1912
†Leptadapis magnus Filhol 1874
†Leptadapis ruetimeyeri Filhol 1874
G. †Magnadapis Godinot and Couette 2008
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†Magnadapis fredi Godinot and Couette 2008
†Magnadapis intermedius Godinot and Couette 2008
†Magnadapis laurenceae Godinot and Couette 2008
†Magnadapis quercyi Godinot and Couette 2008
G. †Protoadapis Lemoine 1878
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†Protoadapis angustidens Filhol 1888
†Protoadapis curvicuspidens Lemoine 1878
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Invalid names: Pronycticebus mancyi Tattersall and Schwartz 1983 [synonym]
†Protoadapis filholi Gingerich 1977
Invalid names: Protoadapis crassicuspidens Lemoine 1878 [nomen nudum]
G. †Pelycodus Cope 1875
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†Pelycodus danielsae Froehlich and Lucas 1991
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Invalid names: Pelycodus schidelerorum Kihm 1992 [synonym]
†Pelycodus eppsi Cooper 1932
†Pelycodus jarrovii Cope 1874
†Pelycodus savagei Gingerich 1977
G. †Sivaladapis Gingerich and Sahni 1979
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†Sivaladapis nagrii Prasad 1970
†Sivaladapis palaeindicus Pilgrim 1932
Invalid names: Arisella Crusafont Pairó 1967 [nomen dubium], Arisella capellae Crusafont Pairó 1967 [nomen dubium]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Wasatchian to the top of the Middle Miocene or 55.80000 to 11.60800 Ma
Collections (62 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Ypresian | United Kingdom | Pelycodus sp. (87950) | |
| Sharamurunian | China (Henan) | Adapidae indet. (41120) | |
| Wasatchian | USA (New Mexico) | Pelycodus jarrovii (15449) Pelycodus sp. (15447 15448) Prototomus jarrovii (15452) | |
| Wasatchian | USA (Colorado) | Pelycodus jarrovii (15280 15296 15650) Pelycodus schidelerorum (15418 15419) | |
| Wasatchian | USA (Wyoming) | Adapidae indet. (15561 15937) Pelycodus sp. (15756 15898 15943 15996) | |
| Early/Lower Eocene | France (Corbieres) | Adapidae indet. (92838) | |
| Early/Lower Eocene | France (Var) | Adapidae indet., Pelycodus eppsi (35538) | |
| Lutetian | France (Alsace Region) | Protoadapis klatti (31609) | |
| Lutetian | Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) | Protoadapis klatti (13322 45002) Protoadapis weigelti, Protadapis klatti (45001) | |
| Middle Eocene | China (Jiangsu) | Adapidae indet., Adapoides troglodytes (37493) | |
| Bartonian | France (Picardie Region) | Adapis parisiensis (12847) Adapis sp. (31584) | |
| Bartonian | Switzerland | Adapis laharpei (31742) | |
| Bartonian | France (Midi-Pyrenees Region) | Adapis parisiensis (31634) | |
| Bartonian | Spain (Barcelona) | Adapis sp. (142030 182221) | |
| Bartonian | France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region) | Adapis sudrei (31736) | |
| Bartonian | France (Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie) | Adapidae indet. (177582) | |
| Bartonian | United Kingdom (England) | Adapis laharpi, Adapis magnus, Pronycticebus sp., Caenopithecus sp. (39014) | |
| Bartonian | Spain (Castilla y Leon) | Adapis sp. (40358) | |
| Bartonian | Spain (Aragon) | Adapis priscus, Arisella capellae (31633) | |
| Bartonian | Switzerland (Baselland) | Adapis ruetimeyeri (31720) Adapis ruetimeyeri, Adapis sciureus, Adapis priscus (31719) Adapis sp. (31718) | |
| Bartonian | Switzerland (Jura) | Adapis sudrei (182385) | |
| Priabonian | France (Midi-Pyrenees Region) | Adapis parisiensis, Adapis magnus (31749) | |
| Priabonian | France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region) | Adapis magnus (31724 31757 31758 31760) | |
| Priabonian | France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees region) | Adapis magnus (12848 12853) | |
| Priabonian | France (Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur Region) | Adapis parisiensis (31747) | |
| Priabonian | France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region Region) | Adapis magnus (31756) | |
| Priabonian | France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) | Adapis magnus (12841 12849 31635 31740) Adapis parisiensis (12842 12843 12854 31764) | |
| Priabonian | Spain | Adapis magnus (31750) | |
| Priabonian | Spain (Catalonia) | Adapis sp., Adapis parisiensis (31751) | |
| Late/Upper Eocene | France (Quercy) | Adapis magnus (12850) | |
| Late/Upper Eocene | United Kingdom (England) | Adapis parisiensis (40030) | |
| MP 18 | France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) | Adapis magnus (12851) | |
| Middle Miocene | India (Jammu and Kashmir) | Sivaladapis palaeindicus (11797) |