†Archicebus achilles Ni et al. 2013 (tarsier)
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Mammalia - Primates - Archicebidae
Full reference: X. Ni, D. L. Gebo, M. Dagosto, J. Meng, P. Tafforeau, J. J. Flynn, and K. C. Beard. 2013. The oldest known primate skeleton and early haplorhine evolution. Nature 498:60-64
Belongs to Archicebus according to X. Ni et al. 2013
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: IVPP V18618, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Near Jingzhou, which is in an Eocene terrestrial shale in the Yangxi Formation of China.
Ecology: arboreal omnivore
Distribution: found only at Near Jingzhou
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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