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Plesiadapidae

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Higher classification Plesiadapiformes
Scientific name and meaning Plesiadapidae
Rank Family
Famili†Plesiadapidae; Trouessart, 1897
Superfamili†Plesiadapoidea
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About Plesiadapidae


Plesiadapidae is a family of plesiadapiform mammals related to primates known from the Paleocene and Eocene of North America, Europe, and Asia. Plesiadapids were abundant in the late Paleocene, and their fossils are often used to establish the ages of fossil faunas.

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