Superfamily Adapoidea Trouessart 1879 (primate)

Mammalia - Primates

Parent taxon: Adapiformes according to J.G. Fleagle 2013

See also Bloch et al. 2007, Gilbert et al. 2017, Rose et al. 2007 and Rose et al. 2009

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

Subtaxa: Notharctidae

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Ecology: arboreal omnivore

Distribution:

• Oligocene of Egypt (1 collection), Oman (1)

• Eocene of France (21), Germany (3), India (5), Pakistan (3), Spain (18), Switzerland (5), the United Kingdom (2), United States (549: California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Texas, Utah, Wyoming)

• Paleocene to Eocene of France (1)

Total: 609 collections including 675 occurrences

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