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Caenopithecus

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Caenopithecus
Temporal range: Middle Eocene
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Strepsirrhini
Family: †Adapidae
Genus: †Caenopithecus
Rütimeyer, 1862
Species:
†C. lemuroides
Binomial name
†Caenopithecus lemuroides
Rütimeyer, 1862

Caenopithecus is a genus of adapiform primate that lived in Europe during the middle Eocene.[1]

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