Adapoides Beard et al. 1994 (primate)

Mammalia - Primates - Adapidae

Full reference: K. C. Beard, T. Qi, M. R. Dawson, B. Wang, and C. Li. 1994. A diverse new primate fauna from middle Eocene fissure-fillings in southeastern China. Nature 368:604-609

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

See also Beard et al. 1994 and Godinot 1998

Sister taxa: Adapis, Leptadapis, Magnadapis, Microadapis, Protoadapis

Subtaxa: Adapoides troglodytes

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Type: Adapoides troglodytes

Ecology: arboreal herbivore

Distribution: found only at Shanghuang Quarry, fissure D (Eocene of China)

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