†Apidium zuetina Beard et al. 2016 (monkey)
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Mammalia - Primates - Parapithecidae
Full reference: K. C. Beard, P. M. C. Coster, M. J. Salem, Y. Chaimanee, and J.-J. Jaeger. 2016. A new species of Apidium (Anthropoidea, Parapithecidae) from the Sirt Basin, central Libya: first record of Oligocene primates from Libya. Journal of Human Evolution 90:29-37
Belongs to Apidium according to K. C. Beard et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Apidium bowni, Apidium kraeusei, Apidium moustafai, Apidium phiomense, Apidium phiomensis
Type specimen: Z7I-1, a tooth (right p3). Its type locality is Zallah 7 Incision, which is in an Oligocene fluvial-deltaic sandstone in Libya.
Ecology: arboreal omnivore
Distribution: found only at Zallah 7 Incision
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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