Protoadapis

Protoadapis
Temporal range: Middle Eocene
Radiograph of Protoadapis ignoratus jaw
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Strepsirrhini
Family: †Notharctidae
Subfamily: †Cercamoniinae
Genus: †Protoadapis
Lemoine, 1878
Type species
†Protoadapis curvicuspidens
Lemoine, 1878
Species
  • P. andrei
  • P. angustidens
  • P. curvicuspidens
  • P. ignoratus
  • P. muechelnensis
  • P. recticuspidens
  • P. weigelti

Protoadapis is a genus of adapiform primate that lived in Europe during the early middle Eocene.

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