Gatanthropus micros Ni et al. 2016 (primate)

Mammalia - Primates - Ekgmowechashalidae

Full reference: X. Ni, Q. Li, L. Li and K. C. Beard. 2016. Oligocene primates from China reveal divergence between African and Asian primate evolution. Science 352(6286):673-677

Belongs to Gatanthropus according to X. Ni et al. 2016

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: IVPP V22717, a tooth (Left M1). Its type locality is Lijiawa mammalian fossil locality, which is in an Oligocene fluvial mudstone/marl in the Caijiachong Formation of China.

Ecology: arboreal omnivore

Distribution: found only at Lijiawa mammalian fossil locality

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