Asiadapis tapiensis Rose et al. 2018 (primate)

Mammalia - Primates - Notharctidae

Full reference: K. D. Rose, R. H. Dunn, K. Kumar, J. M. G. Perry, K. A. Prufrock, R. S. Rana, and T. Smith. 2018. New fossils from Tadkeshwar Mine (Gujarat, India) increase primatediversity from the early Eocene Cambay Shale. Journal of Human Evolution 122:93-107

Belongs to Asiadapis according to K. D. Rose et al. 2018

Sister taxon: Asiadapis cambayensis

Type specimen: GU/RSR/TAD 9239, a mandible (r dentary with p2-p4). Its type locality is Tadkeshwar Lignite Mine (TAD-2), which is in a Ypresian fluvial sandstone in the Cambay Shale Formation of India.

Ecology: arboreal omnivore

Distribution: found only at Tadkeshwar Lignite Mine (TAD-2)

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