Leptadapis
Extinct genus of primates
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Leptadapis is an extinct genus of adapiform primate that lived in Europe during the middle Eocene.[1] Fossils of the genus have been found in the Escanilla Formation of Spain,[2] at the sites of La Bouffie and Perrière in France,[3] and at Egerkingen in Switzerland.[2]
| Leptadapis Temporal range: Middle Eocene ~ | |
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| L. magnus | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Suborder: | Strepsirrhini |
| Family: | †Adapidae |
| Subfamily: | †Adapinae |
| Genus: | †Leptadapis Gervais, 1876 |
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Palaeobiology
Palaeoecology
Dental microwear of Leptadapis magnus from La Bouffie, a closed canopy tropical rainforest, shows that its dietary habit was a mixture of folivory and frugivory. In the more open woodland of Perrière, however, L. magnus strictly fed on leaves.[3]
