Sivaladapidae is an extinct family of adapiform primates from Asia. They survived longer than any other adapiform primate because they were able to shift south as the climate cooled. Their remains date from the Eocene through the Miocene.[1]
Sivaladapidae Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Primates |
Suborder: | Strepsirrhini |
Superfamily: | †Adapoidea |
Family: | †Sivaladapidae Thomas & Verma, 1979 |
Subfamily | |
Classification
edit- Family Sivaladapidae
- Subfamily Sivaladapinae
- Subfamily Hoanghoniinae
- Subfamily Anthradapinae
- Genus Anthradapis
- incertae sedis
- Genus Guangxilemur
- Genus Kyitchaungia
- Genus Laomaki
- Genus Paukkaungia
- Genus Ramadapis
- Genus Siamoadapis
- Genus Yunnanodapis
References
edit- ^ Gebo, D. L. (2008). "Adapiformes: Phylogeny and adaptation". In Hartwig, W. C (ed.). The Primate Fossil Record. Cambridge University Press. pp. 21–43. ISBN 978-0-521-08141-2.