Masradapis tahai Seiffert et al. 2017 (primate)

Mammalia - Primates

Full reference: E. R. Seiffert, D. M. Boyer, J. G. Fleagle, G. F. Gunnell, C. P. Heesy, J. M. G. Perry, and H. M. Sallam. 2017. New adapiform primate fossils from the late Eocene of Egypt. Historical Biology

Belongs to Masradapis according to E. R. Seiffert et al. 2017

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: CGM 83720, a mandible. 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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