Afradapis (original) (raw)
Afradapis is a genus of adapiform primate that lived during the Late Eocene. The only known species, Afradapis longicristatus, was discovered in the Birket Qarun Formation in northern Egypt in 2009. While its geographic distribution is confined to Afro-Arabia, Afradapis belongs to the predominantly European adapiform family Caenopithecidae. This taxonomic placement is supported by recent phylogenetic analyses that recover a close evolutionary relationship between Afradapis and adapiforms, including Darwinius. While adapiforms have been noted for their strepsirrhine-like morphology, no adapiform fossil possesses the unique anatomical traits (i.e., synapomorphies) to establish an ancestor-descent relationship between caenopithecids and living strepsirrhines (i.e., lemurs, lorises, and galago
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| dbo:abstract | Afradapis is a genus of adapiform primate that lived during the Late Eocene. The only known species, Afradapis longicristatus, was discovered in the Birket Qarun Formation in northern Egypt in 2009. While its geographic distribution is confined to Afro-Arabia, Afradapis belongs to the predominantly European adapiform family Caenopithecidae. This taxonomic placement is supported by recent phylogenetic analyses that recover a close evolutionary relationship between Afradapis and adapiforms, including Darwinius. While adapiforms have been noted for their strepsirrhine-like morphology, no adapiform fossil possesses the unique anatomical traits (i.e., synapomorphies) to establish an ancestor-descent relationship between caenopithecids and living strepsirrhines (i.e., lemurs, lorises, and galagos). It ate leaves and moved around slowly like lorises. (en) |
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| dbo:wikiPageWikiLink | dbr:Priabonian dbr:Primate dbr:Late_Eocene dbc:Eocene_mammals_of_Africa dbc:Eocene_primates dbc:Prehistoric_strepsirrhines dbr:Talus_bone dbr:Adapiformes dbr:Folivore dbc:Fossil_taxa_described_in_2009 dbc:Monotypic_prehistoric_primate_genera dbc:Prehistoric_primate_genera dbc:Fossils_of_Egypt dbr:Holotype dbr:Loris |
| dbp:authority | Seiffert et al., 2009 (en) |
| dbp:extinct | yes (en) |
| dbp:fossilRange | dbr:Priabonian |
| dbp:parentAuthority | Seiffert et al., 2009 (en) |
| dbp:taxon | Afradapis longicristatus (en) |
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| dcterms:subject | dbc:Eocene_mammals_of_Africa dbc:Eocene_primates dbc:Prehistoric_strepsirrhines dbc:Fossil_taxa_described_in_2009 dbc:Monotypic_prehistoric_primate_genera dbc:Prehistoric_primate_genera dbc:Fossils_of_Egypt |
| gold:hypernym | dbr:Primate |
| rdf:type | dbo:Mammal |
| rdfs:comment | Afradapis is a genus of adapiform primate that lived during the Late Eocene. The only known species, Afradapis longicristatus, was discovered in the Birket Qarun Formation in northern Egypt in 2009. While its geographic distribution is confined to Afro-Arabia, Afradapis belongs to the predominantly European adapiform family Caenopithecidae. This taxonomic placement is supported by recent phylogenetic analyses that recover a close evolutionary relationship between Afradapis and adapiforms, including Darwinius. While adapiforms have been noted for their strepsirrhine-like morphology, no adapiform fossil possesses the unique anatomical traits (i.e., synapomorphies) to establish an ancestor-descent relationship between caenopithecids and living strepsirrhines (i.e., lemurs, lorises, and galago (en) |
| rdfs:label | Afradapis (en) Afradapis (uk) |
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