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Caenopithecus

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

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Caenopithecus
Temporal range: Middle Eocene
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Placentalia
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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References

  1. Gebo 2002, p. 28.

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