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iPlesiadapiformes Fossil range: Early Paleocene - Late Eocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Subclass: Eutheria (unranked) Euarchontoglires Superorder: Euarchonta Order: Plesiadapiformes Simons & Tattersall, 1972
Families
Micromomyidae Paromomyidae Picromomyidae Palaechthonidae Picrodontidae Microsyopidae Chronolestidae Plesiadapidae Carpolestidae

Plesiadapiformes is an extinct order of mammals and are either closely related to the primates, or are the pre-cursor to them.

Euarchontoglires	Glires Rodentia (rodents) Lagomorpha (rabbits, hares, pikas) Euarchonta Scandentia (treeshrews) Dermoptera (flying lemurs) †Plesiadapiformes Primates

One possible classification table of plesiadapiform families is listed below.

• ORDER PLESIADAPIFORMES
  • Family Micromomyidae
  • Superfamily Paramomyoidea
    • Family Paromomyidae
    • Family Picromomyidae
    • Family Palaechthonidae
    • Family Picrodontidae
    • Family Microsyopidae
  • Superfamily Plesiadapoidea
    • Family Chronolestidae
    • Family Plesiadapidae
  • Superfamily Carpolestoidea
    • Family Carpolestidae

[edit] External link

• Mikko's Phylogeny Archive

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