Nosmips aenigmaticus Seiffert et al. 2010 (primate)

Mammalia - Primates

Full reference: E. R. Seiffert, E. L. Simons, D. M. Boyer, J. M. G. Perry, T. M. Ryan and H. M. Sallam. 2010. A fossil primate of uncertain affinities from the earliest late Eocene of Egypt. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 107(21):9712-9717

Belongs to Nosmips according to E. R. Seiffert et al. 2010

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: CGM 66002, a tooth. Its type locality is Birket Qarun 2, which is in a Priabonian channel sandstone in the Birket Qarun Formation of Egypt.

Ecology: arboreal omnivore

Distribution: found only at Birket Qarun 2

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