Protoadapis Lemoine 1878 (primate)

Mammalia - Primates - Adapidae

Alternative spelling: Protadapis

Parent taxon: Adapinae according to P. D. Gingerich 1975

See also Franzen 1994, Gingerich 1980, Hooker 1986, McKenna and Bell 1997, Ni et al. 2016 and Simpson 1940

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

Subtaxa: Protoadapis angustidens Protoadapis crassicuspidens Protoadapis curvicuspidens Protoadapis filholi

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Ecology: arboreal herbivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of France (1 collection), Germany (3)

Total: 4 collections including 5 occurrences

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