| Mahgarita 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: | †Adapidae |
| Genus: | †Mahgarita Wilson & Szalay, 1976 |
| Species: | †M. stevensi
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| Binomial name | |
| †Mahgarita stevensi Wilson & Szalay, 1976
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Mahgarita stevensi is a genus of adapiform primate that lived in North America during the late Eocene.[1] Fossils of the genus were found in the Duchesnean Laredo and Devil's Graveyard Formations of Texas.
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Bibliography[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.
