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†family Adapidae Trouessart 1879 (primate)

Mammalia - Primates - Adapidae

Parent taxon: Adapiformes according to R. F. Kay et al. 2004

See also Beard et al. 1994, Carroll 1988, Cope 1889, Gingerich 1975, Gunnell and Miller 2001, Hooker 1986, Silcox et al. 2010, Simons 1997, Simons and Miller 1997, Simons et al. 1995, Simpson 1940, Sudre 1979, Szalay 1971 and Wortman 1903

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

Subtaxa: Adapina Adapinae Arisella Arisella capellae Pelycodus Sivaladapis

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Ecology: arboreal herbivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of India (1 collection)

• Eocene of China (2), France (27), Germany (3), Spain (6), Switzerland (5), the United Kingdom (4), United States (15: Colorado, New Mexico, Wyoming)

Total: 63 collections including 74 occurrences

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