†Yunnanadapis folivorus Ni et al. 2016 (primate)
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Mammalia - Primates - Sivaladapidae
Full reference: X. Ni, Q. Li, L. Li and K. C. Beard. 2016. Oligocene primates from China reveal divergence between African and Asian primate evolution. Science 352(6286):673-677
Belongs to Yunnanadapis according to X. Ni et al. 2016
Sister taxon: Yunnanadapis imperator
Type specimen: IVPP V22702, a mandible (Left dentary fragment). Its type locality is Lijiawa mammalian fossil locality, which is in an Oligocene fluvial mudstone/marl in the Caijiachong Formation of China.
Ecology: arboreal omnivore
Distribution: found only at Lijiawa mammalian fossil locality
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