Eosimiiformes
| Eosimiiformes | |
|---|---|
| Life restoration of Eosimias sinensis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Suborder: | Haplorhini |
| Infraorder: | †Eosimiiformes Chaimanee et al., 2012 |
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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]
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References
- ^ "Eosimiidae". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2021-07-28.
- ^ a b Marivaux, Laurent; Negri, Francisco R.; Antoine, Pierre-Olivier; Stutz, Narla S.; Condamine, Fabien L.; Kerber, Leonardo; Pujos, François; Ventura Santos, Roberto; Alvim, André M. V.; Hsiou, Annie S.; Bissaro, Marcos C.; Adami-Rodrigues, Karen; Ribeiro, Ana Maria (11 July 2023). "An eosimiid primate of South Asian affinities in the Paleogene of Western Amazonia and the origin of New World monkeys". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 120 (28) e2301338120. Bibcode:2023PNAS..12001338M. doi:10.1073/pnas.2301338120. ISSN 0027-8424. PMC 10334725. PMID 37399374.
- ^ Jaeger, Jean-Jacques; Chavasseau, Olivier; Lazzari, Vincent; Naing Soe, Aung; Sein, Chit; Le Maître, Anne; Shwe, Hla; Chaimanee, Yaowalak (2019-08-06). "New Eocene primate from Myanmar shares dental characters with African Eocene crown anthropoids". Nature Communications. 10 (1): 3531. Bibcode:2019NatCo..10.3531J. doi:10.1038/s41467-019-11295-6. ISSN 2041-1723. PMC 6684601. PMID 31388005.