Cercamoniinae is a
subfamily
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within the
extinct
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primate
Primates are a diverse order of mammals. They are divided into the strepsirrhines, which include the lemurs, galagos, and lorisids, and the haplorhines, which include the tarsiers and the simians (monkeys and apes, the latter including huma ...
family
Notharctidae primarily found in Europe, although a few
genera
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nomenclat ...
have been found in North America and Africa.
Classification
*Family
Notharctidae
**Subfamily Cercamoniinae
***Genus ''
Agerinia''
***Genus ''
Anchomomys''
***Genus ''
Barnesia''
***Genus ''
Buxella''
***Genus ''
Donrussellia
''Donrussellia'' is a genus of adapiform primate that lived in Europe during the early Eocene
The Eocene ( ) Epoch is a geological epoch that lasted from about 56 to 33.9 million years ago (mya). It is the second epoch of the Paleogene Per ...
''
***Genus ''
Mazateronodon''
***Genus ''
Panobius''
***Genus ''
Periconodon''
***Genus ''
Pronycticebus''
***Genus ''
Protoadapis''
References
Literature cited
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External links
Mikko's Phylogeny Archive
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Prehistoric strepsirrhines
Eocene first appearances
Eocene extinctions