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Agerinia

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Agerinia
Temporal range:Early Eocene
~48.6–40.4Ma
Scientific classificationEdit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Strepsirrhini
Family: Notharctidae
Subfamily: Cercamoniinae
Genus: Agerinia
Crusafont-Pairo & Golpe-Posse 1973
Species
  • A. roselliCrusafont-Pairo & Golpe-Posse 1973 (type)
  • A. smithorumFemenias-Gualet al.2016[1]
  • A. marandatiFemenias-Gualet al.2017[2]

Ageriniais a genus ofadapiformprimatethat lived in Europe during the earlyEocene.[3]Fossils have been found in theGrès d'Assignan,Lignites de Soissonais,andCalcare d'Agel FormationsofFrance,theCorçàandEscanilla FormationsofSpainand theKuldana FormationofPakistan.

References

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  1. ^Joan Femenias-Gual; Raef Minwer-Barakat; Judit Marigó; Salvador Moyà-Solà (2016). "Agerinia smithorumsp. nov., a new early Eocene primate from the Iberian Peninsula ".American Journal of Physical Anthropology.161(1): 116–124.doi:10.1002/ajpa.23014.PMID27306700.
  2. ^Joan Femenias-Gual; Raef Minwer-Barakat; Judit Marigó; Miquel Poyatos-Moré; Salvador Moyà-Solà (2017)."Agerinia marandatisp. nov., a new early Eocene primate from the Iberian Peninsula, sheds new light on the evolution of the genusAgerinia".PeerJ.5:e3239.doi:10.7717/peerj.3239.PMC5410143.PMID28462042.
  3. ^Gebo 2002,p. 27.

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