NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Adapid

The adapids, members of the extinct family Adapidae, are prosimian primates that lived during the Eocene era. Adapids are believed to have been generally lemur-like, and are considered by many to be the probable ancestors of modern lemurs and lorises.

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http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Lab/8932/Adapidae.html
Mikko's Phylogeny Archive (http://www.fmnh.helsinki.fi/users/haaramo/Metazoa/Deuterostoma/Chordata/Synapsida/Eutheria/Primates/Strepsirrhini.htm)

Categories: Science stubs | Prehistoric mammals | Primates

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Primate (1587 words)
	Some classification schemes wrap the Lepilemuridae into the Lemuridae and the Galagidae into the Lorisidae, yielding a three-two family split instead of the four-three split as presented here.
	During the Eocene, most of the northern continents were dominated by two dominant groups, the adapids and the omomyids.
	The former is considered a member of Strepsirrhini, but it does not have a tooth comb like modern lemurs.

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