Arsinoea

Arsinoea is an extinct genus of primates of which there is one known species, Arsinoea kallimos.[1] Arsinoea kallimos from the late Eocene quarry L-41, Fayum Depression.

Arsinoea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Haplorhini
Infraorder: Simiiformes
Family: Parapithecidae
Genus: Arsinoea
Simons, 1992
Species
  • Arsinoea kallimos Simons, 1992

References

  1. Simons, E. L. (1992). "Diversity in the early Tertiary anthropoidean radiation in Africa". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 89: 10743–10747. doi:10.1073/pnas.89.22.10743. PMC 50418. PMID 1438271.


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