Omanodon

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Omanodon
Temporal range: Early Oligocene
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Strepsirrhini
Family: Djebelemuridae
Genus: Omanodon
Gheerbrant et al., 1993
Species:
O. minor
Binomial name
Omanodon minor
Gheerbrant et al., 1993

Omanodon is a genus of primate related to lemuriforms [1] that lived in Oman during the early Oligocene. [2]

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    References

    1. Fleagle 2013, p. 415.
    2. Gebo 2002, p. 35.

    Literature cited

    • Gebo, D.L. (2002). "Adapiformes: Phylogeny and adaptation". In Hartwig, W.C. (ed.). The Primate Fossil Record. Cambridge University Press. ISBN   978-0-521-08141-2. OCLC   47254191.
    • Fleagle, J.G. (2013). Primate Adaptation and Evolution (3rd ed.). Academic Press. ISBN   978-0-123-78633-3. OCLC   820107187.