Archaeoindris

Taxobox | name = "Archaeoindris"
status = Fossil
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Primates
subordo = Strepsirrhini
familia = Indriidae
subfamilia = †Palaeopropithecinae
genus = †"Archaeoindris"
species = †"A. fontoynonti"
binomial = †"Archaeoindris fontoynonti "
binomial_authority = Standing, 1909

"Archaeoindris fontoynonti" is an extinct species of Malagasy lemur that was the largest primate to evolve on Madagascar. It weighed about 200kg, [cite journal | author = William L. Jungers, Laurie R. Godfrey, Elwyn L. Simons, and Prithijit S. Chatrath | title = [http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=23681 Phalangeal curvature and positional behavior in extinct sloth lemurs (Primates, Palaeopropithecidae)] | date = 1997 October 28 | journal = PNAS Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America | volume = 94(22) | pages= 11998–12001 ] more than a silverback gorilla. "Archaeoindris" is one of five known members of the Palaeopropithecinae subfamily, a part of the Indriidae family. "Archaeoindris" belongs to a lineage of lemurs called "sloth lemurs" because they are built similarly to modern South American tree sloths. Due to its weight, "Archaeoindris" was believedFact|date=September 2008 to be exclusively or near-exclusively terrestrial. As more fossil material has come to light, however, it turned out that its arms and legs were better adapted for slow, ponderous climbingFact|date=September 2008.

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* [http://www.fmnh.helsinki.fi/users/haaramo/Metazoa/Deuterostoma/Chordata/Synapsida/Eutheria/Primates/Strepsirrhini/Indrioidea.htm Mikko's Phylogeny archive]
* [http://sciencebulletins.amnh.org/bio/f/lemurs.20060401/assets/290/extinction002.swf Science Bulletin on Lemurs]