Namaia

Namaia is a genus of primate related to lemuriforms that lived in Africa during the early middle Eocene. It was originally thought to be an early simian, but was later aligned with the djebelemurids.[1]

Namaia
Temporal range: Early Middle Eocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Strepsirrhini
Family: Djebelemuridae
Genus: Namaia
Pickford et al., 2008
Species:
N. bogenfelsi
Binomial name
Namaia bogenfelsi
Pickford et al., 2008

Notes

    References

    1. Fleagle 2013, p. 232.

    Literature cited

    • Fleagle, J.G. (2013). Primate Adaptation and Evolution (3rd ed.). Academic Press. ISBN 978-0-123-78633-3. OCLC 820107187.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)


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