Biology:Periconodon

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Short description: Extinct genus of primates

Periconodon
Temporal range: Middle Eocene
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Strepsirrhini
Family: Notharctidae
Subfamily: Cercamoniinae
Genus: Periconodon
Stehlin, 1916
Type species
Periconodon helveticus
Stehlin, 1916
Species
  • P. helleri
  • P.  helveticus
  • P. huerzeleri
  • P. jaegeri
  • P. lemoinei

Periconodon is a genus of adapiform primate that lived in western Europe during the early middle Eocene.[1]

References

  1. Gebo 2002, p. 28.

Literature cited

Wikidata ☰ Q20735291 entry