Nosmips
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| Genus: | †Nosmips
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| Species: | †N. aenigmaticus
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| †Nosmips aenigmaticus Seiffert, 2010
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Nosmips aenigmaticus is a rare fossil primate known only from 12 teeth. Most teeth were found at a site in the Fayum Depression about 40 miles outside Cairo, Egypt.[1]
Nosmips aenigmaticus probably lived 37 million years ago in Africa and has not been successfully classified within any group of primates.[2]
References
- ^ Odd mosaic of dental features reveals undocumented primate
- ^ Yahia, M. 2010. A new evolutionary mystery. Nature.