†family Afrotarsiidae Ginsburg and Mein 1987 (monkey)

Mammalia - Primates - Afrotarsiidae

Full reference: L. Ginsburg and P. Mein. 1987. Tarsius thailandica, nov. sp., premier Tarsiidae (Primates, Mammalia) fossile d'Asie. Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences, Serie II 304(19):1213-1215

Parent taxon: Anthropoidea according to Y. Chaimanee et al. 2012

See also Jaeger et al. 2010 and Kay et al. 2004

Sister taxa: Amamria, Amphipithecidae, Arctopithecini, Aseanpithecus, Catarrhini, Eosimiidae, Neopithecini, Oligopithecidae, Paleopithecini, Parapithecoidea, Perupithecus, Platyrrhini, Proteopithecidae, Aotidae, Notnamaia, Protoanthropoidea

Subtaxa: Afrasia Afrotarsius

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Ecology: arboreal omnivore

Distribution:

• Oligocene of Egypt (1 collection)

• Eocene of Libya (1), Myanmar (3)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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