Afrotarsius

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Tarsiiformes
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Grandordo: Euarchonta Mirordo: Primatomorpha Ordo: Primates Subordo: Haplorhini Infraordo: Tarsiiformes

Familia: †Afrotarsiidae
Genus: †Afrotarsius
Species (2): †A. chatrathi – †A. libycus

Afrotarsius Simons & Bown, 1985

Simons, E.L. & Bown, T.M. 1985. Afrotarsius chatrathi, first tarsiiform primate (?Tarsiidae) from Africa. Nature 313: 475–477. DOI: 10.1038/313475a0 .

Jaeger, J.-J. et al. 2010. Late middle Eocene epoch of Libya yields earliest known radiation of African anthropoids. Nature, 467: 1095–1098. DOI: 10.1038/nature09425