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Adapis

Adapis is the type genus of the Adapidae, an extinct family of primates from the Palaeogene within the extinct infraorder Adapiformes. It was endemic to western Europe and lived from the Middle to Late Eocene. Adapis was first named in 1822 by the French palaeontologist Georges Cuvier, who studied incomplete jaws from Montmartre and thought it to have…

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related to Late Eocene · 63
Adapis → Acotherulum, Adapidae, Amphicyonidae, Amphimeryx, Amphiperatherium, Anoplotherium, Anthracotheriidae, Beginning, Blainvillimys, British, Cainotheriidae, Cebochoerus, Cheirogaster, Choeropotamus, Cynodictis, Dacrytherium, Dichobune, Dichodon, Diplobune, Early Oligocene
related to Classification · 43
Adapis → Adapidae, Adapiformes, Adapinae, Adapoidea, Africa, Altiatlasius, Asia, Asiadapidae, Asiadapinae, Beuchille, Caenopithecinae, Early Eocene, Early Oligocene, Eocene, Euprimates, Europe, Haplorhini, Late Eocene, Lemuriformes, Madagascar
related to Palaeobiology · 29
Adapis → Although Adapis, Boyer, Doug, Evidence, Godinot, Historically, However, In, Jouffroy, Judit Marigó, Lanèque, Leptadapis, Loris, Many, Margot Bernardi, Marian Dagosto, Palaeolemur, Perodicticus, Pottos, Rosières
related to Skull · 29
Adapis → According, Adapidae, Both, Cambridge, Cheirogaleus, Gingerich, However, In, It, Lanèque, Laurence, Laurence Lanèque, Lemur, Leptadapis, London, Martin, Natural History Museum, Nycticebus, Otolemur, Palaeolemur
related to Size · 23
Adapis → According, Adapids, Arianna, Cambridge, European, Gingerich, Harrington, In, Jacqueline Angelique Runestad, Jonathan, Leptadapis, London, M1, Magnadapis, Martin, Natural History Museum, Palaeolemur, Perry, The, The M1
related to Dentition · 18
Adapis → Adapinae, Both M1, C/c, I/i, In, In Adapis, Leptadapis, M/m, M2, M3, Notharctus, Other, P/p, Sivaladapis, The, The Adapidae, V-shaped, Within
related to Endocast anatomy · 16
Adapis → British, Gingerich, However, It, London, Martin, Middle Eocene, Natural History Museum, Neumayer, Notharctus, Several, Smilodectes, Subsequent, Sylvian, The, Wilfrid Le Gros Clark
related to Postcranial skeleton · 14
Adapis → Adapidae, Adapinae, Additional, Filhol, Gaudry, German, He, Lemur, Leptadapis, Max Schlosser, Postcranial, Schlosser, The, While
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Adapis → type genus of the Adapidae

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parisiensis species leptadapis like also eocene small palaeontologist primates genus lemurs first skull bones europe palaeolemur fossil primate two bone

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Adapisis atype genus of the Adapidae0.90text
the degree of limb robustness but lacks close analoguesinstance ofAdapis also has postcranial similarities to contemporaneous adapiforms and extant strepsirrhines0.80text
Adapisrelated to ClassificationAdapidae0.60section
Adapisrelated to ClassificationAdapiformes0.60section
Adapisrelated to ClassificationThe0.60section
Adapisrelated to ClassificationThe Adapidae0.60section
Adapisrelated to ClassificationAdapoidea0.60section
Adapisrelated to ClassificationNotharctidae0.60section
Adapisrelated to ClassificationSivaladapidae0.60section
Adapisrelated to ClassificationNotharctinae0.60section
Adapisrelated to ClassificationAsiadapidae0.60section
Adapisrelated to ClassificationNortharctidae0.60section

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