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Omanodon
Temporal range: Early Oligocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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]

Notes

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.