Mammalia - Primates - Tarsiidae

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

Parent taxon: Tarsiidae according to X. Ni et al. 2016

Sister taxa: Carlito, Cephalopachus, Hesperotarsius, Tarsius, Xanthorhysis

Subtaxa: Oligotarsius rarus

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Type: Oligotarsius rarus

Ecology: arboreal insectivore-carnivore

Distribution: found only at Lijiawa mammalian fossil locality (Oligocene of China)

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