Notnamaia is a genus of primates that lived in Africa during the early middle Eocene. It contains one species, N. bogenfelsi. Its describers considered it to be an early simian, but other researchers have generally placed it within Strepsirrhini, possibly aligned with the djebelemurids[2] or caenopithecines.[3]
| Notnamaia Temporal range: Early Middle Eocene
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Suborder: | Strepsirrhini |
| Family: | †Djebelemuridae |
| Genus: | †Notnamaia Pickford & Uhen, 2014 |
| Species: | †N. bogenfelsi
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| †Notnamaia bogenfelsi (Pickford et al., 2008)
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References
edit- ^ Pickford, M.; Uhen, M. D. (2014). "Namaia Pickford et al., 2008, preoccupied by Namaia Green, 1963: proposal of a replacement name" (PDF). Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia. 15: 91.
- ^ Fleagle 2013, p. 232.
- ^ Godinot, M.; Senut, B.; Pickford, M. (2018). "Primitive Adapidae from Namibia sheds light on the early primate radiation in Africa" (PDF). Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia. 18: 140–162.
Literature cited
edit- Fleagle, J.G. (2013). Primate Adaptation and Evolution (3rd ed.). Academic Press. ISBN 978-0-123-78633-3. OCLC 820107187.
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