Leptadapis

<i>Leptadapis</i>

Leptadapis

Extinct genus of primates

Leptadapis is a genus of adapiform primate that lived in Europe during the middle Eocene.[1] Fossils of the genus have been found in the Escanilla Formation of Spain and Egerkingen in Switzerland.[2]

L. magnus skull

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  1. [1]
    Gebo 2002, p. 28.
  2. [2]
    "Fossilworks: Leptadapis (Paradapis)". www.fossilworks.org. Retrieved 2023-11-24.

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