Cercamonius Gingerich 1975 (primate)

Mammalia - Primates - Notharctidae

Full reference: P. D. Gingerich. 1975. A new genus of Adapidae (Mammalia, Primates) from the late Eocene of southern France, and its significance for the origin of higher primates. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 24(15):163-170

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

See also Franzen 1994, Gingerich 1980 and Hooker 1986

Sister taxa: Agerinia, Anchomomyini, Anchomomynini, Barnesia, Buxella, Europolemur, Nievesia, Panobius, Periconodon

Subtaxa: Cercamonius brachyrhynchus

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Ecology: arboreal omnivore

Distribution: found only at Prajous (Eocene of France)

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