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Plesiadapis

Plesiadapis (near Adapis) is an extinct genus of mammal closely related to primates, which lived in North America and western Europe during the Paleogene period (Selandian-Ypresian). The type species, P. tricuspidens, was described in 1877 by François Louis Paul Gervais, based on a partial left mandible (lower jaw) uncovered in France. Fourteen valid…

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Plesiadapis

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related to Taxonomy · 18
Plesiadapis → Although, Atlantic, Cernay, Details, Eocene, Europe, France, François Louis Paul Gervais, Greenland, Late Paleocene, Menat, MNHN Crl-16, North America, Paleocene, Thanks, The, This, Two
related to Description · 9
Plesiadapis → For, Gingerich, Gregg, Gunnel, In, John Fleagle, Maeva, Orliac, Philip
related to Palaeoecology · 9
Plesiadapis → Eocene, Europe, Large Plesiadapis, North America, Palaeocene, Platychoerops, Remains, Rocky Mountains, The
related to Skeleton · 6
Plesiadapis → Based, Climbing, However, Menat, S-curve, The
related to Species · 5
Plesiadapis → Eric Delson, Fifteen, Fredrick, Szalay, The
related to Classification · 4
Plesiadapis → Although, Eocene-Recent, Plesiadapiformes, The
related to Skull · 2
Plesiadapis → Orbits, The

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species primates genus tricuspidens incisors skeleton one mass kg lb europe based lower france skull 1877 gervais estimated body long

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Plesiadapisrelated to ClassificationPlesiadapiformes0.60section
Plesiadapisrelated to ClassificationAlthough0.60section
Plesiadapisrelated to ClassificationEocene-Recent0.60section
Plesiadapisrelated to DescriptionIn0.60section
Plesiadapisrelated to DescriptionJohn Fleagle0.60section
Plesiadapisrelated to DescriptionPhilip0.60section
Plesiadapisrelated to DescriptionGingerich0.60section
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Plesiadapisrelated to DescriptionGunnel0.60section
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