Kingdom Animalia Class Mammalia Suborder Strepsirhini Scientific name Nosmips aenigmaticus | Phylum Chordata Order Primates Family incertae sedis Rank Species | |
Similar Primate, Adapiformes, Apidium, Darwinius, Strepsirrhini | ||
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.
Nosmips aenigmaticus probably lived 37 million years ago in Africa and has not been successfully classified within any group of primates.
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