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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Plesiadapiformes |
| Superfamily: | †Plesiadapoidea |
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Plesiadapoidea was an extinct superfamily of primates that existed during the Paleocene and Eocene in North America, Europe, and Asia.[1][2][3][4]
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- ^ Thewissen J.G.M., Williams, E.M., and Hussain, S.T. (2001). "Eocene mammal faunas from northern Indo-Pakistan". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 21 (2): 347–366. DOI:[0347:EMFFNI]2.0.CO;2 10.1671/0272-4634(2001)021[0347:EMFFNI]2.0.CO;2.
- ^ Fox, Richard C.; The dentition and relationships of Carpodaptes cygneus (Russell) (Carpolestidae, Plesiadapiformes, Mammalia), from the late Paleocene of Alberta, Canada; Journal of Paleontology; September 1, 2002 - www.encyclopedia.com