Aframonius
Extinct genus of primates
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Aframonius is a genus of adapiform primate that lived in Africa during the late Eocene or early Oligocene.[1] Fossils of the genus were found in the Jebel Qatrani Formation of Egypt.
| Aframonius Temporal range: Late Eocene | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Placentalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Suborder: | Strepsirrhini |
| Family: | †Adapidae |
| Genus: | †Aframonius Simons et al., 1995 |
| Species: | †A. diedes |
| Binomial name | |
| †Aframonius diedes Simons et al., 1995 | |
