Leptadapis

{{Short description|Extinct genus of primates}}

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| taxon = Leptadapis

| authority = Gervais, 1876

| fossil_range = Middle Eocene
~{{fossil range|40|37}}

| image = Leptadapis sp skull and Leptadapis magnus mandible.JPG

| image_caption = L. magnus

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = {{plainlist|

  • {{extinct}}L. assolicus
  • {{extinct}}L. filholi Godinot & Couette, 2008
  • {{extinct}}L. capellae Crusafont-Pairo, 1967
  • {{extinct}}L. leenhardti Stehlin, 1912
  • {{extinct}}L. magnus Filhol, 1874
  • {{extinct}}L. ruetimeyeri Stehlin, 1912}}

| synonyms =

  • Paradapis {{small|Tattersall & Schwartz, 1983}}

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Leptadapis is a genus of adapiform primate that lived in Europe during the middle Eocene.{{Sfn|Gebo|2002|p=28}} Fossils of the genus have been found in the Escanilla Formation of Spain and Egerkingen in Switzerland.{{Cite web |title=Fossilworks: Leptadapis (Paradapis) |url=https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=145145 |access-date=2023-11-24 |website=Paleobiology Database}}

File:Adapis magnus.JPG

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References

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= Bibliography =

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  • {{cite book | last1 = Gebo | first1 = D.L. | contribution = Adapiformes: Phylogeny and adaptation | year = 2002 | editor-last = Hartwig | editor-first = W.C. | title = The Primate Fossil Record | publisher = Cambridge University Press | isbn = 978-0-521-08141-2 | oclc = 47254191 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=Ezm1OA_s6isC&pg=PA21 |via=Google Books}}

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Category:Adapinae

Category:Prehistoric primate genera

Category:Eocene primates

Category:Bartonian life

Category:Eocene mammals of Europe

Category:Paleogene Spain

Category:Fossils of Spain

Category:Paleogene Switzerland

Category:Fossils of Switzerland

Category:Fossil taxa described in 1876

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