''Copelemur'' is a genus of

adapiform Adapiformes is a group of early primates. Adapiforms radiated throughout much of the northern continental mass (now Europe, Asia and North America), reaching as far south as northern Africa and tropical Asia. They existed from the Eocene to the M ...

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 ...

that lived in North America during the early

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' ...

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* {{Taxonbar, from=Q20686294 Prehistoric strepsirrhines Prehistoric primate genera Eocene primates Ypresian life Wasatchian Eocene mammals of North America Paleontology in Colorado Paleontology in New Mexico Paleontology in Wyoming Fossil taxa described in 1877