Wailekia is a genus of adapiform primate that lived in Asia during the late Eocene.[1]

Wailekia
Temporal range: Late Eocene
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Strepsirrhini
Family: Sivaladapidae
Genus: Wailekia
Ducrocq et al., 1995
Species:
W. orientale
Binomial name
Wailekia orientale
Ducrocq et al., 1995

References

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  1. ^ Gebo 2002, p. 34.

Literature cited

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  • Gebo, D.L. (2002). "Adapiformes: Phylogeny and adaptation". In Hartwig, W.C. (ed.). The Primate Fossil Record. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-08141-2. OCLC 47254191.