Archaeolemur

Taxobox
name = Archaeolemur
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Primates
subordo = Strepsirrhini
infraordo = Lemuriformes
superfamilia = Lemuroidea
familia = Indriidae
subfamilia = Archaeolemurinae
genus = "Archaeolemur"
genus_authority =
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = †"Archaeolemur edwardsi" †"Archaeolemur majori"

Archaeolemur is an extinct genus of lemurs that includes two species, "Archaeolemur edwardsi" and "A. majori". [cite journal |title=The hands and feet of Archaeolemur: metrical affinities and their functional significance |author=Jungers, W. L. "et al" |journal=Journal of Human Evolution |volume=49 |year=2005 |pages=36–55 |doi=10.1016/j.jhevol.2005.03.001 |url=http://vertebrates.si.edu/birds/birds_pdfs/hfj9.pdf |format=pdf |accessdate=2008-08-22]

Classification

* ORDER PRIMATES
** Suborder Strepsirrhini: non-tarsier prosimians
*** Family Cheirogaleidae: dwarf and mouse lemurs
*** Family Lemuridae: lemurs
*** Family Lepilemuridae: sportive lemurs
*** Family Indriidae
**** Subfamily †Archaeolemurinae
***** Genus †"Hydropithecus
***** Genus †"Archaeolemur"
****** Species †"Archaeolemur edwardsi"
****** Species †"Archaeolemur majori"
**** Subfamily †Palaeopropithecinae
**** Subfamily Indriinae
*** Family Daubentoniidae: Aye-aye
*** Family Lorisidae: lorises, pottos and allies
*** Family Galagidae: galagos
** Suborder Haplorrhini: tarsiers, monkeys and apes

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