Amamria tunisiensis Marivaux et al. 2014 (monkey)

Mammalia - Primates

Full reference: L. Marivaux, E. M. Essid, W. Marzougui, H. Ammar, S. Adnet, B. Marandat, G. Merzeraud, R. Tabuce, and M. Vianey-Liaud. 2014. A Morphological Intermediate Between Eosimiiform and Simiiform Primates From the Late Middle Eocene of Tunisia: Macroevolutionary and Paleobiogeographic Implications of Early Anthropoids. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 154:387-401

Belongs to Amamria according to L. Marivaux et al. 2014

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: KEB-1-001, a tooth. Its type locality is Djebel el Kébar, which is in a Bartonian lagoonal mudstone/sandstone in Tunisia.

Ecology: arboreal omnivore

Distribution: found only at Djebel el Kébar

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