†Biretia piveteaui de Bonis et al. 1988 (monkey)
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Mammalia - Primates - Parapithecidae
Full reference: L. de Bonis, J.-J. Jaeger, B. Coiffat and P.-E. Coiffat. 1988. Decouverte du plus ancien primate catarrhinien connu dans l'Eocene superieur d'Afrique du Nord. Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences, Paris (Serie II) 306:929-934
Belongs to Biretia according to L. de Bonis et al. 1988
Sister taxa: Biretia fayumensis, Biretia megalopsis
Type specimen: BRT 17-84, a tooth (right lower M1). Its type locality is Bir El Ater, which is in a Bartonian/Priabonian deltaic sandstone in Algeria.
Ecology: arboreal omnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Algeria (1 collection), Libya (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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