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Sulaimanius
''Sulaimanius'' is a genus of Adapiformes, adapiform primate that lived in Asia during the late early Eocene. The genus was originally named ''Sulaimania'', but was renamed in 2012 by the original authors to use the masculine form, ''Sulaimanius'', to avoid a conflict with a genus of spider.Gregg F. Gunnell, Philip D. Gingerich, Jonathan I. Bloch, and William C. Clyde''Sulaimanius'', gen. nov., and ''Indusomys'', gen. nov., replacement names for ''Sulaimania'' and ''Indusius'' Gunnell, Gingerich, Ul-Haq, Bloch, Khan, and Clyde, 2008, preoccupied names Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 2012. 32(4):975-975. DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2012.670180 References Literature cited * Prehistoric strepsirrhines Eocene primates Eocene mammals of Asia Prehistoric primate genera Fossil taxa described in 2012 {{paleo-primate-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eocene
The Eocene ( ) Epoch is a geological epoch (geology), epoch that lasted from about 56 to 33.9 million years ago (mya). It is the second epoch of the Paleogene Period (geology), Period in the modern Cenozoic Era (geology), Era. The name ''Eocene'' comes from the Ancient Greek (''ēṓs'', "dawn") and (''kainós'', "new") and refers to the "dawn" of modern ('new') fauna that appeared during the epoch. The Eocene spans the time from the end of the Paleocene Epoch to the beginning of the Oligocene Epoch. The start of the Eocene is marked by a brief period in which the concentration of the carbon isotope Carbon-13, 13C in the atmosphere was exceptionally low in comparison with the more common isotope Carbon-12, 12C. The end is set at a major extinction event called the ''Grande Coupure'' (the "Great Break" in continuity) or the Eocene–Oligocene extinction event, which may be related to the impact of one or more large bolides in Popigai impact structure, Siberia and in what is now ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
