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Plesiadapis

Fossil genus of mammals

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Scientific name: Plesiadapis
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1.Stated in Global Biodiversity Information FacilityRetrieved 2021-09-29
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Rank: genus
Parent taxon: Plesiadapidae

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Plesiadapis is an extinct genus of mammal closely related to primates, which lived in North America and western Europe during the Paleogene period (Selandian-Ypresian). The type species, P. tricuspidens, was described in 1877 by François Louis Paul Gervais, based on a partial left mandible uncovered in France. Fourteen valid species have since been named.

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Temporal range start: Thanetian
Temporal range end: Ypresian
Taxonomic type: Plesiadapis tricuspidens

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