''Microadapis'' is a genus of
adapiform 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 middle
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 ...
.
References
Literature cited
*
Adapinae
Eocene primates
Eocene mammals of Europe
Prehistoric primate genera
Fossil taxa described in 1974
{{paleo-primate-stub