Donrussellia
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| Donrussellia Temporal range: Early Eocene | |
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| The mandible of Donrussellia provincialis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Suborder: | Strepsirrhini |
| Family: | †Notharctidae |
| Subfamily: | †Cercamoniinae |
| Genus: | †Donrussellia Szalay, 1976 |
| Type species | |
| †Donrussellia gallica Russell et al, 1967 | |
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Donrussellia is a genus of adapiform primate that lived in Europe during the early Eocene. It is considered one of the earliest adapiforms, with D. magna sharing features with Cantius.[1]
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Literature cited[edit]
- Gebo, D.L. (2002). "Adapiformes: Phylogeny and adaptation". In Hartwig, W.C. (ed.). The Primate Fossil Record. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-08141-2. OCLC 47254191.
