Sulaimanius is a genus of adapiform primate that lived in Asia during the late early Eocene.[1] The genus was originally named Sulaimania, but was renamed in 2012 by the original authors to use the masculine form, Sulaimanius, to avoid a conflict with a genus of spider.[2]
| Sulaimanius Temporal range: Late Early Eocene
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Suborder: | Strepsirrhini |
| Family: | †incertae sedis |
| Genus: | †Sulaimanius Gunnell et al., 2012 |
| Species: | †S. arifi
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| †Sulaimanius arifi Gunnell et al., 2008
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References
edit- ^ Fleagle 2013, p. 243.
- ^ Gregg F. Gunnell, Philip D. Gingerich, Jonathan I. Bloch, and William C. Clyde. Sulaimanius, gen. nov., and Indusomys, gen. nov., replacement names for Sulaimania and Indusius Gunnell, Gingerich, Ul-Haq, Bloch, Khan, and Clyde, 2008, preoccupied names. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 2012. 32(4):975-975. DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2012.670180
Literature cited
edit- Fleagle, J.G. (2013). Primate Adaptation and Evolution (3rd ed.). Academic Press. ISBN 978-0-123-78633-3. OCLC 820107187.
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