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Agerinia fossil map

Where fossils of Agerinia have been found, shown on the Earth as it looked about 56 million years ago and on today’s map.

Dots are fossil collections recorded in the Paleobiology Database. The “then” view moves today’s fossil sites back to their positions 56 million years ago (the time slice nearest the median age of the fossils) using the Merdith et al. (2021) plate model; positions are approximate. Open on the timeline map →

GroupEarly mammals
Lived56–37.71 million years ago (Ypresian to Bartonian)
PeriodsPaleogene
FamilyNotharctidae
Named byCrusafont-Pairó and Golpe-Posse 1973
Fossil records32 occurrences at 11 locations (PBDB)
Found inSpain, France, Pakistan
Rock formationstxn:91590, Corçà, Kuldana, Lignites de Soissonais, Grès d'Assignan, Escanilla

About Agerinia

Agerinia is a genus of adapiform primate known from Early Eocene fossils found in Europe. Fossils have been found in the Grès d'Assignan, Lignites de Soissonais, Calcare d'Agel Formatios, and "Sables Bleutés du Haut-Var" formations of France, the Corçà and Escanilla formations of Spain, and the Kuldana Formation of Pakistan.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Agerinia (revision 1378808938), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0; introduction excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Ages, family, authority and fossil records: Paleobiology Database, accessed 23 October 2026. Ages are those of the rock layers the fossils were found in. Wikidata: Q20312679.

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