Protoadapis

{{Short description|Extinct genus of primates}}

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| taxon = Protoadapis

| authority = Lemoine, 1878

| fossil_range = Middle Eocene

| image = Protoadapis ignoratus GMH XXII-549.jpg

| image_caption = Radiograph of Protoadapis ignoratus jaw

| type_species = †Protoadapis curvicuspidens

| type_species_authority = Lemoine, 1878

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = {{plainlist|

  • P. andrei
  • P. angustidens
  • P. curvicuspidens
  • P. ignoratus
  • P. muechelnensis
  • P. recticuspidens
  • P. weigelti}}

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Protoadapis is a genus of adapiform primate that lived in Europe during the early middle Eocene.{{Sfn|Gebo|2002|p=29}}

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=Literature cited=

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  • {{cite book | last1 = Gebo | first1 = D.L. | contribution = Adapiformes: Phylogeny and adaptation | year = 2002 | editor-last1 = Hartwig | editor-first1 = 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 }}

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Category:Cercamoniinae

Category:Eocene primates

Category:Prehistoric mammals of Europe

Category:Prehistoric primate genera

Category:Fossil taxa described in 1878