Karanisia clarki Seiffert et al. 2003 (primate)

Mammalia - Primates

Full reference: E. R. Seiffert, E. L. Simons, and Y. Attia. 2003. Fossil evidence for an ancient divergence of lorises and galagos. Nature 422:421-424

Belongs to Karanisia according to E. R. Seiffert et al. 2003

Sister taxon: Karanisia arenula

Type specimen: CGM 40265, 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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