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''Agerinia'' is a genus of
adapiform Adapiformes is a group of early primates. Adapiforms radiated throughout much of the northern continental mass (now Europe, Asia and North America), reaching as far south as northern Africa and tropical Asia. They existed from the Eocene to the ...
primate Primates is an order (biology), order of mammals, which is further divided into the Strepsirrhini, strepsirrhines, which include lemurs, galagos, and Lorisidae, lorisids; and the Haplorhini, haplorhines, which include Tarsiiformes, tarsiers a ...
that lived in Europe during the early
Eocene The Eocene ( ) is a geological epoch (geology), epoch that lasted from about 56 to 33.9 million years ago (Ma). It is the second epoch of the Paleogene Period (geology), Period in the modern Cenozoic Era (geology), Era. The name ''Eocene'' comes ...
. Fossils have been found in the Grès d'Assignan,
Lignites de Soissonais The Lignites de Soissonais is a geologic formation in the Var, Marne departments of France. It preserves fossils dating back to the Ypresian stage of the Eocene period.Calcare d'Agel Formations of
France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...
, the
Corçà Corçà () is a village and municipality in the Provinces of Spain, province of Province of Girona, Girona and autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain. The municipality covers an area of and the population in 2014 was 1,257. Besides the village ...
and Escanilla Formations of
Spain Spain, or the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe with territories in North Africa. Featuring the Punta de Tarifa, southernmost point of continental Europe, it is the largest country in Southern Eur ...
and the
Kuldana Formation The Kuldana Formation is a fossil-bearing geological formation of Lutetian (Early Eocene) age which outcrop, crops out in northern Pakistan. The abundant fossil remains were deposited by rivers and estuaries crossing an arid to semi-arid enviro ...
of
Pakistan Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of over 241.5 million, having the Islam by country# ...
.


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* {{Taxonbar, from=Q20312679 Cercamoniinae Prehistoric primate genera Eocene primates Eocene mammals of Asia Fossils of Pakistan Eocene mammals of Europe Fossils of France Fossils of Spain Fossil taxa described in 1973