Plesiadapidae
Plesiadapidae is a family of plesiadapiform mammals related to primates known from the Paleocene and Eocene of North America, Europe, and Asia. Plesiadapids were abundant in the late Paleocene, and their fossils are often used to establish the ages of fossil faunas.
| Plesiadapidae | |
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| Plesiadapis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Plesiadapiformes |
| Superfamily: | †Plesiadapoidea |
| Family: | †Plesiadapidae Trouessart, 1897 |
| Genera | |
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†Pronothodectes | |
| Synonyms | |
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Plesiadapinae Trouessart, 1897 | |
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