Namaia Temporal range: Early Middle Eocene |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Primates |
Suborder: | Strepsirrhini |
Family: | †Djebelemuridae |
Genus: |
†Namaia Pickford et al., 2008 |
Species: | †N. bogenfelsi |
Binomial name | |
Namaia bogenfelsi Pickford et al., 2008 |
Namaia is a genus of primate related to lemuriforms that lived in Africa during the early middle Eocene. It was originally thought to be an early simian, but was later aligned with the djebelemurids.