Title
Crania of Apidium : primitive anthropoidean (Primates, Parapithecidae) from the Egyptian Oligocene
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Series:
American Museum novitates, no. 3124
By
Simons, Elwyn L
Type
Book
Material
Published material
Publication info
New York, N.Y, American Museum of Natural History, c1995
Notes
Caption title.
"April 5, 1995."
"Cranial remains of parapithecid primates found in Oligocene deposits of the Fayum badlands southwest of Cairo, Egypt, are assigned to two species of the genus Apidium. A new partial skull confirms reference of an earlier described frontal bone to the genus and species Apidium phiomense. Together these two finds demonstrate that several anthropoidean cranial characteristics had been developed in the African parapithecids by Oligocene times, 34 million years ago. Parapithecoidea may be a sister group to Catarrhini. One partial cranium discussed here belongs to a new species described below"--P. [1].
Subjects
Apidium
,
Egypt
,
Fayyum (Province)
,
Mammals, Fossil
,
Oligocene
,
Paleontology
,
Primates, Fossil
,
Skull
Call Number
QL1 .A436 no.3124, 1995
Language
English
Identifiers
OCLC:
32344770
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