Afrasia Chaimanee et al. 2012 (monkey)

Mammalia - Primates - Afrotarsiidae

Full reference: Y. Chaimanee, O. Chavasseau, K. C. Beard, Aung Aung Kyaw, Aung Naing Soe, Chit Sein, V. Lazzari, L. Marivaux, B. Marandat, Myat Swe, M. Rugbumrung, Thit Lwin, X. Valentin, Zin-Maung-Maung-Thein, and J.-J. Jaeger. 2012. Late middle Eocene primate from Myanmar and the initial anthropoid colonization of Africa. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 109(26):10293-10297

Parent taxon: Afrotarsiidae according to Y. Chaimanee et al. 2012

Sister taxon: Afrotarsius

Subtaxa: Afrasia djijidae

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Type: Afrasia djijidae

Ecology: arboreal omnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of Myanmar (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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