# Cercamonius

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{{Short description|Extinct genus of primates}}
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| taxon = Cercamonius brachyrhynchus
| extinct = yes
| parent_authority = Gingerich, 1975
| authority = Gingerich, 1975
| fossil_range = [Late Eocene](/source/Eocene)
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'''''Cercamonius''''' is a genus of [adapiform](/source/Adapiformes) [primate](/source/primate) that lived in Europe during the late [Eocene](/source/Eocene).{{Sfn|Gebo|2002|p=28}} It was first described by Stehlin in 1912.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Hartwig|first1=Walter Carl|title=The Primate Fossil Record|date=2002|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=9780521663151|page=28|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ezm1OA_s6isC&q=Cercamonius&pg=PA41|access-date=23 December 2017|language=en}}</ref> The genus is named after the [Occitan](/source/Occitan_language) poet [Cercamon](/source/Cercamon), one of the earliest [troubadours](/source/Troubadour).<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Gingerich|first=Philip Dean|date=1975|title="A new genus of Adapidae (Mammalia, Primates) from the Late Eocene of southern France, and its significance for the origin of higher primates"|url=|journal=Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan|volume=24|issue=15|pages=163–170|via=}}</ref> 

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==Bibliography==
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* <!-- {{Sfn|Gebo|2002}} -->{{cite book | last1 = Gebo | first1 = D.L. | contribution = Adapiformes: Phylogeny and adaptation | year = 2002 | editor-last1 = Hartwig | editor-first1 = W.C. | title = The Primate Fossil Record | publisher = [Cambridge University Press](/source/Cambridge_University_Press) | isbn = 978-0-521-08141-2 | oclc = 47254191 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=Ezm1OA_s6isC&pg=PA21 }}
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Category:Prehistoric strepsirrhines
Category:Eocene primates
Category:Eocene mammals of Europe
Category:Monotypic prehistoric primate genera
Category:Fossil taxa described in 1975

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