Sulaimanius

Sulaimanius
Temporal range: Late Early Eocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Strepsirrhini
Family: incertae sedis
Genus: Sulaimanius
Gunnell et al., 2012
Species:
S. arifi
Binomial name
Sulaimanius arifi
Gunnell et al., 2008

Sulaimanius is a genus of adapiform primate that lived in Asia during the late early Eocene.[1] The genus was originally named Sulaimania, but was renamed in 2012 by the original authors to use the masculine form, Sulaimanius, to avoid a conflict with a genus of spider.[2]

References

  1. ^ Fleagle 2013, p. 243.
  2. ^ Gregg F. Gunnell, Philip D. Gingerich, Jonathan I. Bloch, and William C. Clyde. Sulaimanius, gen. nov., and Indusomys, gen. nov., replacement names for Sulaimania and Indusius Gunnell, Gingerich, Ul-Haq, Bloch, Khan, and Clyde, 2008, preoccupied names. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 2012. 32(4):975-975. DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2012.670180

Literature cited

  • Fleagle, J.G. (2013). Primate Adaptation and Evolution (3rd ed.). Academic Press. ISBN 978-0-123-78633-3. OCLC 820107187.