Megaladapis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lemuroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Grandordo: Euarchonta Mirordo: Primatomorpha Ordo: Primates Subordo: Strepsirrhini Infraordo: Lemuriformes Superfamilia: Lemuroidea

Familia: †Megaladapidae
Genus: †Megaladapis
Species (3): †M. edwardsi – †M. grandidieri – †M. madagascariensis

Name

• Megaladapis Forsyth Major, 1894

Type species: Megaladapis madagascariensis Forsyth Major, 1894

Synonyms

• Peloriadapis G. Grandidier, 1899
• Palaeolemur Lorenz, 1900
• Mesoadapis Lorenz, 1900
• Megalindris Standing, 1908

References

• Forsyth Major C.I. 1893. On Megaladapis madagascariensis, an extinct gigantic lemuroid from Madagascar. Proceedings of the Royal Society 54: 176–179. DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1893.0067
• Forsyth Major, C.I. 1894. On Megaladapis madagascariensis, an extinct gigantic lemuroid from Madagascar; with Remarks on the Associated Fauna, and on Its Geological Age. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London (B) 185: 15–38. DOI: 10.1098/rstb.1894.0002