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 Subordo: Cynodontia Infraordo: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Cladus: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Ordo: Primates Subordo: Haplorhini Infraordo: Tarsiiformes

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

Name

• Afrotarsius Simons & Bown, 1985

References

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

Links

• ION
• Nomenclator Zoologicus