Puneet Varma (Editor)

Plesiadapiformes

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Kingdom
  
Mirorder
  
Higher classification
  
Phylum
  
Chordata

Scientific name
  
Plesiadapiformes

Rank
  
Suborder

Plesiadapiformes Physical Anthropology The Lost Relatives Plesiadapiformes

Similar
  

Plesiadapiformes ("Adapid-like" or "near Adapiformes") is an extinct (and possibly paraphyletic or polyphyletic ) order of mammals. The group is either closely related to the primates or a precursor to them. Many are too derived to be ancestral to primates, but the earliest Plesiadapiformes had teeth that are strongly indicative of a common ancestor. Purgatorius is believed to be close to the last common ancestor of primates and Plesiadapiformes.

Plesiadapiformes httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediacommonsthu

Plesiadapiformes first appear in the fossil record between 65 and 55 million years ago, although many were extinct by the beginning of the Eocene. They may have been the first mammals to have finger nails in place of claws.

Plesiadapiformes ANTH 205 Biological Anthropology


One possible classification table of plesiadapiform families is listed below.

  • ORDER PLESIADAPIFORMES
  • Family Micromomyidae
  • Superfamily Paromomyoidea
  • Family Paromomyidae
  • Family Picromomyidae
  • Family Palaechthonidae
  • Family Picrodontidae
  • Family Microsyopidae
  • Superfamily Plesiadapoidea
  • Family Chronolestidae
  • Family Plesiadapidae
  • Superfamily Carpolestoidea
  • Family Carpolestidae

  • Plesiadapiformes Image from httpwwwodeccaprojects2011yuyuyaimages

    Plesiadapiformes PL3 PRIMATE FOSSILS PLESIADAPIFORMSavi YouTube

    Plesiadapiformes Paleocene mammals of the world

    Plesiadapiformes Paleocene mammals of the world

    References

    Plesiadapiformes Wikipedia


    Similar Topics