
Plesiadapis
Extinct genus of mammals

Extinct genus of mammals
Plesiadapis (near Adapis) is an extinct genus of mammal closely related to primates, which lived in North America and western Europe during the Paleogene period (Selandian-Ypresian). The type species, P. tricuspidens, was described in 1877 by François Louis Paul Gervais, based on a partial left mandible (lower jaw) uncovered in France. Fourteen valid species have since been named.
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