Leptadapis Gervais 1876 (primate)

Mammalia - Primates - Adapidae

Full reference: P. Gervais. 1876. Zoologie et Paléontologie Générales. Nouvelles Recherches sur les Animaux Vertébrés Dont On Trouve les Ossements Enfouis dans le Sol et sur Leur Comparaison aves les Espèces Actuellement Existantes. Deuxième Série [General Zoology and Paleontology. New Research on Vertebrate Animals Whose Bones Are Found in the Soil and Their Comparison with Existing Species. Second Series] 72

Parent taxon: Adapinae according to M. Godinot and S. Couette 2008

See also Beard et al. 1994, Hooker 1986 and McKenna and Bell 1997

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

Subtaxa: Leptadapis (Paradapis) Leptadapis capellae Leptadapis filholi Leptadapis leenhardti Leptadapis magnus Leptadapis ruetimeyeri

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Ecology: arboreal herbivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of France (14 collections), Spain (2), Switzerland (1), the United Kingdom (1)

Total: 18 collections including 19 occurrences

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