Plesiopithecus teras Simons 1992 (lemur)

Mammalia - Primates

Full reference: E. L. Simons. 1992. Diversity in the early Tertiary anthropoidean radiation in Africa. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 89:10743-10747

Belongs to Plesiopithecus according to E. L. Simons 1992

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: CGM 42291, a mandible (right mandible with complete horizontal and articular process). Its type locality is Quarry L-41 (Jebel Qatrani Formation), which is in a Rupelian lacustrine mudstone in the Jebel Qatrani Formation of Egypt.

Ecology: arboreal omnivore

Distribution: found only at Quarry L-41 (Jebel Qatrani Formation)

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