Shizarodon
Extinct genus of primates
Shizarodon Temporal range: Early Oligocene | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Primates |
Suborder: | Strepsirrhini |
Family: | †Djebelemuridae |
Genus: | †Shizarodon Gheerbrant et al., 1993 |
Species: | †S. dhofarensis |
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†Shizarodon dhofarensis Gheerbrant et al., 1993 |
Shizarodon is a genus of primate related to lemuriforms[1] that lived in Oman during the early Oligocene.[2]
References
- ^ Fleagle 2013, p. 415.
- ^ Gebo 2002, p. 35.
Bibliography
- Gebo, D.L. (2002). "Adapiformes: Phylogeny and adaptation". In Hartwig, W.C. (ed.). The Primate Fossil Record. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-08141-2. OCLC 47254191.
- Fleagle, J.G. (2013). Primate Adaptation and Evolution (3rd ed.). Academic Press. ISBN 978-0-123-78633-3. OCLC 820107187.
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Strepsirrhini
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Mammalia
- Order: Primates
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- See also: Adapiformes
- Subfossil lemur
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