Name: Adapis.
Phonetic: A-dap-is.
Named By: Georges Cuvier - 1822.
Classification: Chordata, Mammalia, Primates,
Strepsirrhini, Adapidae.
Species: A. parisiensis (type),
A. bruni,
A. collinsonae, A. sudrei.
Diet: Herbivore.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: Europe.
Time period: Bartonian to Priabonian of the Eocene.
Fossil representation: Several specimens.
Adapis is considered to be one of the first primates and is the type genus of the Adapidae. These primates have grasping hands that have nails rather than claws and the post cranial skeletons of them are similar to those of lemurs. Adapis did not have a nose like some primates (including humans) do however.
Further reading
- Cranial morphology and adaptations in Eocene Adapidae. I. Sexual
dimorphism in Adapis magnus and Adapis
parisiensis. - American Journal
of Physical Anthropology. 56 (3): 217–234. - P. D. Gingerich - 1981.
- Eocene paleoecology of Adapis parisiensis (Primate, Adapidae): from
inner ear to lifestyle. - The Anatomical Record. 300 (9): 1576–1588 -
Margot Bernardi & S�bastien Couette - 2017.
Systematic and locomotor diversification of the Adapis
group (Primates,
Adapiformes) in the late Eocene of the Quercy (Southwest France),
revealed by humeral remains. - Journal of Human Evolution. 126: 71–90.
- Judit Marig�, Nicole Verri�re & Marc Godinot - 2019.
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