Wikiwand AI

Eosimiiformes

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Primates
Suborder:Haplorhini
Eosimiiformes
Temporal range: 45–30 Ma Middle Eocene–Early Oligocene[1]
Life restoration of Eosimias sinensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Haplorhini
Infraorder: †Eosimiiformes
Chaimanee et al., 2012
Taxa

Eosimiiformes is an extinct clade of Paleogene haplorhine primates whose fossils have been found in Africa, South America, and South Asia.[2][3] They comprised the families Afrotarsiidae and Eosimiidae.

Below is a phylogeny of the eosimiiforms after Marivaux et al. (2023) in their description of Ashaninkacebus:[2]

Simiiformes

†Eosimiiformes

Related Articles

Timelines

Top Qs

Fact Checks