Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Synapsida
Cladus: Eupelycosauria
Cladus: Sphenacodontia
Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea
Cladus: Therapsida
Cladus: Theriodontia
Cladus: Cynodontia
Cladus: Eucynodontia
Cladus: Probainognathia
Cladus: Prozostrodontia
Cladus: Mammaliaformes
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Trechnotheria
Infraclassis: Zatheria
Supercohors: Theria
Cohors: Eutheria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Cladus: Boreoeutheria
Superordo: Euarchontoglires
Ordo: Primates
Subordo: Strepsirrhini
Infraordo: Lemuriformes
Superfamilia: Lorisoidea
Familia: Lorisidae
Subfamilia: †Mioeuoticinae
Genus: †Mioeuoticus
Species: †M. bishopi – †M. kichotoi – †M. shipmani
Name
Mioeuoticus Leakey, 1962
Type species: Mioeuoticus bishopi Leakey, 1962
References
Primary references
Leakey, L.S.B. 1962. Primates. Pp. 1–18. In: Bishop, W.W. (ed.) The Mammalian Fauna and Geomorphological Relations of the Napak Volcanics, Karamoja. Records of the Geological Survey of Uganda 1957–58. Kampala. Reference page.
Mioeuoticus is an extinct genus of lorisid primates from the Miocene of East Africa. It is the only genus in the subfamily Mioeuoticinae.[1] Mioeuoticus was a relatively small, potto-sized animal with an omnivorous diet consisting of fruit and insects.[2]
Species
†M. bishopi Leakey, 1962 (Type)
†M. kichotoi Kunimatsu et al., 2017[3]
†M. shipmani Phillips and Walker, 2000
References
Harrison, T. (2010). "Later Tertiary Lorisiformes". In Werdelin, L.; Sanders, W. J. (eds.). Cenozoic Mammals of Africa. Berkeley: University of California Press. pp. 333–349. ISBN 978-0-520-25721-4.
Harrison, T. (2016). "Miocene Primates". The International Encyclopedia of Primatology: 1–5. doi:10.1002/9781119179313.wbprim0227. ISBN 9781119179313.
Kunimatsu, Y.; Tsujikawa, H.; Nakatsukasa, M.; Shimizu, D.; Ogihara, N.; Kikuchi, Y.; Nakano, Y.; Takano, T.; Morimoto, N.; Ishida, H. (2017). "A new species of Mioeuoticus (Lorisiformes, Primates) from the early Middle Miocene of Kenya". Anthropological Science. 125 (2): 59–65. doi:10.1537/ase.170322.
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