Megaladapis

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Taxonavigation

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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
Subclassis: Trechnotheria
Infraclassis: Zatheria
Supercohors: Theria
Cohors: Eutheria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Cladus: Boreoeutheria
Superordo: Euarchontoglires
Ordo: Primates
Subordo: Strepsirrhini
Infraordo: Lemuriformes
Superfamilia: Lemuroidea

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

Name

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Type species: Megaladapis madagascariensis Forsyth Major, 1894

Synonyms

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

References

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  • 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