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Aframonius

Aframonius is a genus of adapiform primate that lived in Africa during the late Eocene or early Oligocene. Fossils of the genus were found in the Jebel Qatrani Formation of Egypt.

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Aframonius
Temporal range: Late Eocene
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Placentalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Strepsirrhini
Family: Adapidae
Genus: Aframonius
Simons et al., 1995
Species:
A. diedes
Binomial name
Aframonius diedes
Simons et al., 1995

Aframonius is a genus of adapiform primate that lived in Africa during the late Eocene or early Oligocene.1 Fossils of the genus were found in the Jebel Qatrani Formation of Egypt.

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  1. Gebo 2002, p. 26–27.

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