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Asiadapis

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Asiadapis
Temporal range: Ypresian, 56–47.8 Ma
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Strepsirrhini
Family: †Notharctidae
Subfamily: †Asiadapinae
Genus: †Asiadapis
Rose et al., 2007
Type species
†Asiadapis cambayensis
Rose et al., 2007
Species
  • †Asiadapis cambayensis Rose et al., 2007
  • †Asiadapis tapiensis Rose et al., 2018

Asiadapis is a genus of adapiform primate that lived in India's Cambay Shale Formation during the early Eocene (Ypresian). It has two known species, Asiadapis cambayensis[1] and Asiadapis tapiensis.[2]

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