Sivaladapidae Temporal range: Late Eocene–Late Miocene |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Primates |
Suborder: | Strepsirrhini |
Infraorder: | †Adapiformes |
Family: |
†Sivaladapidae Thomas & Verma, 1979 |
Subfamily | |
Sivaladapidae is an extinct family of adapiform primates from Asia. They survived longer than any other adapiform primate because they were able to shift south as the climate cooled. Their remains date from the Eocene through the Miocene.