Sulaimanius Temporal range:
Late Early Eocene
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Primates |
Suborder: | Strepsirrhini |
Family: | † incertae sedis |
Genus: | †
Sulaimanius Gunnell et al., 2012 |
Species: | †S. arifi
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Binomial name | |
†Sulaimanius arifi Gunnell et al., 2008
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Sulaimanius is a genus of adapiform primate that lived in Asia during the late early Eocene. [1] The genus was originally named Sulaimania, but was renamed in 2012 by the original authors to use the masculine form, Sulaimanius, to avoid a conflict with a genus of spider. [2]