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Godinotia
Temporal range: Early Eocene
Radiographic comparison of middle Eocene primates from Geiseltal in eastern Germany. G is a Godinotia neglecta fossil
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Strepsirrhini
Family: Adapidae
Genus: Godinotia
Franzen, 2000
Species: G. neglecta
Binomial name
Godinotia neglecta
Thalmann et al., 1989

Godinotia is an extinct genus of strepsirrhine primate belonging to the Adapidae family. It lived during the Eocene epoch (49 million years ago), and its fossils have been found in the Messel Pit, Germany.

Size

Godinotia were about 30 cm long, excluding the tail, smaller than a domestic cat.

Discovery and species

The genus is named after primate researcher Marc Godinot.

References

  1. Haines & Chambers 2006, p. 155.

Literature cited

Strepsirrhini
Strepsirrhini
Strepsirrhini
Notharctidae
Ekgmowechashalidae
Cercamoniidae
Adapidae
Asiadapidae
Sivaladapidae
Hoanghoniinae
Sivaladapinae
Caenopithecidae
Azibiidae
Djebelemuridae
Lemuriformes
    • see below↓
Darwinius masillae
Lemuriformes
Lorisoidea
Galagidae
Lorisidae
Lorisinae
Perodicticinae
Lemuroidea
Cheirogaleidae
Lemuridae
Archaeolemuridae
Indriidae
Palaeopropithecidae
Archaeoindris fontoynonti
Taxon identifiers
Godinotia


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