Plesiadapiformes

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Plesiadapiformes is an extinct order of mammals and are either closely related to the primates, or are the pre-cursor to them. One possible classification table of plesiadapiform families is listed below.

ORDER PLESIADAPIFORMES
* Family Micromomyidae
* Superfamily Paramomyoidea
** Family Paromomyidae
** Family Picromomyidae
** Family Palaechthonidae
** Family Picrodontidae
** Family Microsyopidae
* Superfamily Plesiadapoidea
** Family Chronolestidae
** Family Plesiadapidae
* Superfamily Carpolestoidea
** Family Carpolestidae

External link

[Mikko's Phylogeny Archive]

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