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Plesiadapidae

Wikipedia Abstract

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.
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Genus

Asioplesiadapis (1)
Chiromyoides (9)
Jattadectes (1)
Megachiromyoides (1)
Nannodectes (5)
Pandemonium (2)
Platychoerops (5)
Plesiadapis (17)
Pronothodectes (3)
Saxonella (2)

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External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0