Sivaladapidae is an extinct

family Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its members and of society. Idea ...

of adapiform

primate Primates are a diverse order (biology), order of mammals. They are divided into the Strepsirrhini, strepsirrhines, which include the lemurs, galagos, and lorisids, and the Haplorhini, haplorhines, which include the Tarsiiformes, tarsiers and ...

s from Asia. They survived longer than any other adapiform primate because they were able to shift south as the climate cooled. Their remains date from the

Eocene The Eocene ( ) Epoch is a geological epoch that lasted from about 56 to 33.9 million years ago (mya). It is the second epoch of the Paleogene Period in the modern Cenozoic Era. The name ''Eocene'' comes from the Ancient Greek (''ēṓs'', " ...

through the

Miocene The Miocene ( ) is the first geological epoch of the Neogene Period and extends from about (Ma). The Miocene was named by Scottish geologist Charles Lyell; the name comes from the Greek words (', "less") and (', "new") and means "less recent" ...

Classification

*Family Sivaladapidae **Subfamily

Sivaladapinae Sivaladapinae is a subfamily of adapiform primate that lived in Asia during the middle to late Miocene The Miocene ( ) is the first geological epoch of the Neogene Period and extends from about (Ma). The Miocene was named by Scottish geolog ...

**Subfamily

Hoanghoniinae Hoanghoniinae is a subfamily of adapiform primate that lived in Asia during the middle to late Eocene The Eocene ( ) Epoch is a geological epoch (geology), epoch that lasted from about 56 to 33.9 million years ago (mya). It is the second epoc ...

**Subfamily Anthradapinae ***Genus '' Anthradapis'' **''incertae sedis'' ***Genus '' Guangxilemur'' ***Genus '' Kyitchaungia'' ***Genus '' Laomaki'' ***Genus '' Paukkaungia'' ***Genus ''

Ramadapis ''Ramadapis sahnii'' was a primitive primate belonging to Sivaladapidae that existed around 11 to 14 million years ago ( Early to Mid-Miocene). Only a mandible (a lower jaw bone) was found at the dig site, which was near Ramnagar in Udhampur di ...

'' ***Genus '' Siamoadapis'' ***Genus '' Yunnanodapis''

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q5412097 Prehistoric strepsirrhines Eocene first appearances Miocene extinctions Primate families Prehistoric mammal families