| Shizarodon Temporal range: Early Oligocene
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Suborder: | Strepsirrhini |
| Family: | †Djebelemuridae |
| Genus: | †Shizarodon Gheerbrant et al., 1993 |
| Species: | †S. dhofarensis
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| Binomial name | |
| †Shizarodon dhofarensis Gheerbrant et al., 1993
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Shizarodon is a genus of primate related to lemuriforms[1] that lived in Oman during the early Oligocene.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ Fleagle 2013, p. 415.
- ^ Gebo 2002, p. 35.
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.
- Fleagle, J.G. (2013). Primate Adaptation and Evolution (3rd ed.). Academic Press. ISBN 978-0-123-78633-3. OCLC 820107187.
