  godinotia is an extinct genus of strepsirrhine primate belonging to the adapidae family. it lived during the eocene epoch (49 million years ago), and its fossils have been found in the messel pit, germany. ==size== godinotia were about 30 cm long, excluding the tail, smaller than a domestic cat. ==discovery and species== the genus is named after primate researcher marc godinot. == references == <!------------------------------------------------------------ this article uses a list of references in conjunction with the  template to keep the body text clean. please follow existing examples within the text and refer to the following documentation pages if needed: template : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/template:sfn see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/wikipedia:footnotes for a discussion of different citation methods and how to generate footnotes using the tags. ------------------------------------------------------------->  === literature cited ===  *  
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