Plesiadapoidea

{{Short description|Extinct superfamily of mammals}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| fossil_range = {{fossil range|63.3|40.4}}

| image = Plesiadapis3 NT.jpg

| image_caption = Life restoration of Plesiadapis

| taxon = Plesiadapoidea

| subdivision_ranks = Families

| subdivision =

• †Carpolestidae
• †Picrodontidae
• †Plesiadapidae
• †Saxonellidae

}}

Plesiadapoidea was an extinct superfamily of primates that existed during the Paleocene and Eocene in North America, Europe, and Asia.{{Cite web|url=https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=40732|title=Fossilworks: Plesiadapoidea (primate)|date=2017-09-25}}{{cite book |last=McKenna |first=M. C. |first2=S. K. |last2=Bell |title=Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level |isbn=978-0231110129|year=1997 }}Thewissen J.G.M., Williams, E.M., and Hussain, S.T. (2001). "Eocene mammal faunas from northern Indo-Pakistan". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 21 (2): 347–366. DOI:[https://dx.doi.org/10.1671/0272-4634(2001)021[0347:EMFFNI]2.0.CO;2 10.1671/0272-4634(2001)021[0347:EMFFNI]2.0.CO;2].Fox, Richard C.; The dentition and relationships of Carpodaptes cygneus (Russell) (Carpolestidae, Plesiadapiformes, Mammalia), from the late Paleocene of Alberta, Canada; [http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1P3-190755061.html Journal of Paleontology; September 1, 2002 - www.encyclopedia.com]