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Ekgmowechashalidae Szalay, 1976
Bugtilemur Marivaux et al., 2001
Bugtilemur mathesoni Marivaux et al., 2001
Ekgmowechashala Macdonald, 1963
Ekgmowechashala philotau Macdonald, 1963
Ekgmowechashala zancanellai Samuels, Albright & Fremd, 2015
Gatanthropus Ni et al., 2016
Gatanthropus micros Ni et al., 2016
Muangthanhinius Marivaux et al., 2006
Muangthanhinius siami Marivaux et al., 2006
Notharctidae Trouessart, 1879
Notharctinae Trouessart, 1879
Cantius Simons, 1962
Cantius abditus Gingerich & Simmons, 1977
Cantius angulatus Cope, 1875
Cantius antediluvius Kihm, 1992
Cantius eppsi Cooper, 1932
Cantius frugivorus Cope, 1875
Cantius lohseorum Robinson, 2016
Cantius mckennai Gingerich & Simons, 1977
Cantius nuniensis Cope, 1881
Cantius ralstoni Matthew, 1915
Cantius savagei Gingerich, 1977
Cantius torresi Gingerich, 1986
Copelemur Gingerich & Simons, 1977
Copelemur australotutus Beard, 1988
Copelemur praetutus Gazin, 1962
Copelemur tutus Cope, 1877
Hesperolemur Gunnell, 1995
Hesperolemur actius Gunnell, 1995
Megaceralemur Robinson, 2016
Megaceralemur trigonodus (Matthew, 1915)
Megaceralemur matthewi Robinson, 2016
Notharctus Leidy, 1870
Notharctus pugnax Granger & Gregory, 1917
Notharctus robustior Leidy, 1870
Notharctus tenebrosus Leidy, 1870
Notharctus venticolus Osborn, 1902
Pelycodus Cope, 1875
Pelycodus danielsae Froehlich & Lucas, 1991
Pelycodus jarrovii Cope, 1874
Pinolophus Robinson, 2016
Pinolophus meikei Robinson, 2016
Smilodectes Wortman, 1903
Smilodectes gingerichi Beard, 1988
Smilodectes gracilis Marsh, 1871
Smilodectes mcgrewi Gingerich, 1979
Cercamoniinae Gingerich, 1975
Agerinia Crusafont-Pairo & Golpe-Posse, 1973
Agerinia marandati Femenias-Gual, Minwer-Barakat, Marigó, Poyatos-Moré, and Moyà-Solà, 2017
Agerinia roselli Crusafont-Pairo & Golpe-Posse, 1973
Agerinia smithorum Femenias-Gual, Minwer-Barakat, Marigó, and Moyà-Solà, 2016
Anchomomys Stehlin, 1916
Anchomomys crocheti Godinot, 1988
Anchomomys gaillardi Stehlin, 1916
Anchomomys pygmaeus Rütimeyer, 1890
Anchomomys quercy Stehlin, 1916
Barnesia Thalmann, 1994
Barnesia hauboldi Thalmann, 1994
Buxella Godinot, 1988
Buxella magna Godinot, 1988
Buxella prisca Godinot, 1988
Donrussellia Szalay, 1976
Donrussellia gallica Russell, Louis & Savage, 1967
Donrussellia louisi
Donrussellia magna
Donrussellia provincialis
Donrussellia russelli
Mazateronodon Marigó, Minwer-Barakat, & Moyà-Solà, 2010
Mazateronodon endemicus Marigó, Minwer-Barakat, & Moyà-Solà, 2010
Panobius Russell & Gingerich, 1987
Panobius afridi Russell & Gingerich, 1987
Periconodon Stehlin, 1916
Periconodon helleri Schwartz et al., 1983
Periconodon helveticus Rütimeyer, 1891
Periconodon huerzeleri Gingerich, 1977
Periconodon jaegeri Godinot, 1988
Periconodon lemoinei Gingerich, 1977
Protoadapis Lemoine, 1878
Protoadapis angustidens Filhol, 1888
Protoadapis brachyrhynchus Stehlin, 1912
Protoadapis curvicuspidens Lemoine, 1878
Protoadapis ignoratus Thalmann, 1994
Protoadapis muechelnensis Thalmann, 1994
Protoadapis recticuspidens Lemoine, 1878
Protoadapis weigelti Gingerich, 1977
Pronycticebus Grandidier, 1904
Pronycticebus gaudryi Grandidier, 1904
Pronycticebus neglectus Thalmann et al., 1989
Asiadapidae Rose et al., 2009
Anthrasimias Bajpai et al., 2008
Anthrasimias gujaratensis Bajpai et al., 2008
Asiadapis Rose et al., 2007
Asiadapis cambayensis Rose et al., 2007
Asiadapis tapiensis Rose et al., 2018
Marcgodinotius Bajpai et al., 2005
Marcgodinotius indicus Bajpai et al., 2005
Adapidae Trouessart, 1879
Adapinae Trouesart, 1879
Adapis Cuvier, 1821
Adapis bruni
Adapis collinsonae Hooker, 1986
Adapis parisiensis de Blainville, 1841
Adapis sudrei Gingerich, 1977
Cryptadapis Godinot, 1984
Cryptadapis laharpei Godinot, 1984
Cryptadapis tertius Godinot, 1984
Leptadapis Gervais, 1876
Leptadapis assolicus
Leptadapis filholi Godinot & Couette, 2008
Leptadapis capellae Crusafont-Pairo, 1967
Leptadapis leenhardti Stehlin, 1912
Leptadapis magnus Filhol, 1874
Leptadapis ruetimeyeri Stehlin, 1912
Magnadapis Godinot & Couette, 2008
Magnadapis quercyi Godinot & Couette, 2008
Magnadapis fredi Godinot & Couette, 2008
Magnadapis laurenceae Godinot & Couette, 2008
Magnadapis intermedius Godinot & Couette, 2008
Microadapis Szalay, 1974
Microadapis lynnae
Microadapis sciureus Stehlin, 1916
Palaeolemur Delfortrie, 1873
Palaeolemur betillei Delfortrie, 1873
Paradapis Tattersall & Schwartz 1983
Paradapis ruetimeyeri Stehlin 1912
Paradapis priscus Stehlin, 1916
Caenopithecinae Szalay & Delson 1979
Adapoides Beard et al., 1994
Adapoides troglodytes Beard et al., 1994
Afradapis Seiffert et al., 2009
Afradapis longicristatus Seiffert et al., 2009
Aframonius Simons et al., 1995
Aframonius diedes Simons et al., 1995
Caenopithecus Rütimeyer, 1862
Caenopithecus lemuroides Rütimeyer, 1862
Darwinius Franzen et al., 2009
Darwinius masillae Franzen et al., 2009
Europolemur Weigelt, 1933
Europolemur dunaifi Tattersall & Schwartz, 1983
Europolemur klatti Weigelt, 1933
Europolemur koenigswald Franzen, 1987
Godinotia Franzen, 2000
Godinotia neglecta Thalmann, Haubold & Martin, 1989
Mahgarita Wilson & Szalay, 1976
Mahgarita stevensi Wilson & Szalay, 1976
Masradapis Seiffert, Boyer, Fleagle, Gunnell, Heesy, Perry, Sallam, 2017
Masradapis tahai Seiffert, Boyer, Fleagle, Gunnell, Heesy, Perry, and Sallam, 2017
Mescalerolemur Kirk & Williams, 2011
Mescalerolemur horneri Kirk & Williams, 2011
Sivaladapidae Thomas & Verma, 1979
Ramadapis Gilbert, Patel, Singh, Campisano, Fleagle, Rust, and Patnaik, 2017
Ramadapis sahnii Gilbert, Patel, Singh, Campisano, Fleagle, Rust, and Patnaik, 2017
Sivaladapinae Thomas & Verma, 1979
Indraloris Lewis, 1933
Indraloris himalayensis Pilgrim, 1932
Indraloris kamlialensis Flynn and Morgan, 2005
Sinoadapis Wu & Pan, 1985
Sinoadapis carnosus Wu & Pan, 1985
Sivaladapis Gingerich & Sahni, 1979
Sivaladapis nagrii Prasad, 1970
Sivaladapis palaendicus Pilgrim, 1932
Hoanghoniinae Gingerich et al., 1994
Hoanghonius Zdansky, 1930
Hoanghonius stehlini Zdansky, 1930
Lushius Chow, 1961
Lushius qinlinensis Chow, 1961
Rencunius Gingerich et al., 1994
Rencunius zhoui Gingerich et al., 1994
Wailekia Ducrocq et al., 1995
Wailekia orientale Ducrocq et al., 1995
incertae sedis
Guangxilemur Qi & Beard, 1998
Guangxilemur tongi Qi & Beard, 1998
Kyitchaungia Beard et al. 2007
Kyitchaungia takaii Beard et al. 2007
Laomaki Ni et al. 2016
Laomaki yunnanensis Ni et al. 2016
Paukkaungia Beard et al. 2007
Paukkaungia parva Beard et al. 2007
Siamoadapis Chaimanee et al., 2007
Siamoadapis maemohensis Chaimanee et al., 2007
Yunnanadapis Ni et al. 2016
Yunnanadapis folivorus Ni et al. 2016
Yunnanadapis imperator Ni et al. 2016

=== Infraorder Chiromyiformes ===
Daubentoniidae Gray, 1863
Daubentonia É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1795
Daubentonia robusta Lamberton, 1934
Plesiopithecidae Simons and Rasmussen, 1994
Plesiopithecus Simons, 1992
Plesiopithecus teras Simons, 1992
Propottidae Butler, 1984
Propotto Simpson, 1967
Propotto leakeyi Simpson, 1967

=== Infraorder Lemuriformes ===

==== Basal stem group Lemuriformes ====
Family Azibiidae Gingerich, 1976
Algeripithecus Godinot & Mahboubi, 1992
Algeripithecus minutus Godinot & Mahboubi, 1992
Azibius Sudre, 1975
Azibius trerki Sudre, 1975
Djebelemuridae Hartenberger and Marandat, 1992
unnamed ('Anchomomys')
'Anchomomys' milleri Simons, 1997
Djebelemur Hartenberger and Marandat, 1992
Djebelemur martinezi Hartenberger & Marandat, 1992
Namaia Pickford et al., 2008
Namaia bogenfelsi Pickford et al., 2008
Omanodon Gheerbrant et al., 1993
Omanodon minor Gheerbrant et al., 1993
Shizarodon Gheerbrant et al., 1993
Shizarodon dhofarensis Gheerbrant et al., 1993
Plesiopithecidae Simons and Rasmussen, 1994
Plesiopithecus Simons, 1992
Plesiopithecus teras Simons, 1992

==== Lemuroidea ====
Subfossil lemurs: