Qatrania basiodontos Simons et al. 2001 (monkey)

Mammalia - Primates - Parapithecidae

Alternative combination: Abuqatrania basiodontos

Full reference: E. L. Simons, E. R. Seiffert, P. S. Chatrath and Y. Attia. 2001. Earliest record of a parapithecid anthropoid from the Jebel Qatrani Formation, northern Egypt. Folia Primatologica 72:316-331

Belongs to Qatrania according to K. C. Beard 2013

See also Simons et al. 2001

Sister taxa: Qatrania fleaglei, Qatrania wingi

Type specimen: CGM 42841, a mandible (right dentary preserving p4-m3). 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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