Cercamonius Temporal range:
Late Eocene
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Primates |
Suborder: | Strepsirrhini |
Family: | † Notharctidae |
Genus: | †
Cercamonius Gingerich, 1975 |
Species: | †C. brachyrhynchus
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Binomial name | |
†Cercamonius brachyrhynchus Gingerich, 1975
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Cercamonius is a genus of adapiform primate that lived in Europe during the late Eocene. [1] It was first described by Stehlin in 1912. [2] The genus is named after the Occitan poet Cercamon, one of the earliest troubadours. [3]