Phileosimias
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| Phileosimias Temporal range:
Early Oligocene[1] | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Suborder: | Haplorhini |
| Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
| Family: | †Eosimiidae |
| Genus: | †Phileosimias Marivaux et al., 2005 |
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Phileosimias ("Eosimias ally")[2] is an extinct genus of primates with two species, P. kamli and P. bahuiorum, that are believed to be amongst the early simians.
Marivaux et al. announced in 2005 their discovery of fossils of two new species, Phileosimias kamali and Phileosimias brahuiorum, found in the
premolars differ from species already classified as Eosimidae.[2]
The two species are Phileosimias brahuiorum and Phileosimias kamali, which is slightly larger, but both are estimated to have weighed about 250 grams. They were extant during the
epoch.[3]
Simians / (52)
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References
- ^ "Phileosimias". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2021-07-28.
- ^ PMID 15937103. (Full text PDF)
- ISBN 0674073169.