New species of primate from 35 mln years ago found in Spain
Anthropology, Breakingnews, Early Mammals, Fossils, Human Evolution 7:00 PM
A new species of primate from 35
million years ago has been discovered by researchers with the Catalan
Institute of Palaeontology Michel Crusafont (Icp) in Sossis, in the area
of Pallars Jussa' in the Llerida province.
The Icp said in a statement that the
finding has been published in the Journal of Human Evolution by
palaeontologists Judit Mariago' and Reef Minwer-Barakat, directed by
Salvador Maya'-Sola' who contributed to form one of Europe's most
important collections of fossil primates. The fossil of a small
prosimian, similar to today's lemur, is the first of the Anchomomys
which belonged to the extinct group of Adapiform primates.
The new species has been named 'Nievesia Sossiensis' in honour of late Icp palaeontologist Nieves Loper Martinez known for her research on mammals from the Cretaceous and Cenozoic period in the Pyrenees. Among its characteristics are very peculiar primitive teeth with enlarged and flat premolars, larger inferior molars than the rest of the species and a small cusp on superior molars weighing between 100 and 150 grams.
The published finding greatly contributes to the phylogenetic study of other extinct primates in the northern hemisphere, North Africa, and tropical Asia in the Eocene era until the Miocene epoch on the Spanish peninsula.
Source: ANSA [April 12, 2013]
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New species of primate from 35 mln years ago found in Spain [Credit: ANSA] |
The new species has been named 'Nievesia Sossiensis' in honour of late Icp palaeontologist Nieves Loper Martinez known for her research on mammals from the Cretaceous and Cenozoic period in the Pyrenees. Among its characteristics are very peculiar primitive teeth with enlarged and flat premolars, larger inferior molars than the rest of the species and a small cusp on superior molars weighing between 100 and 150 grams.
The published finding greatly contributes to the phylogenetic study of other extinct primates in the northern hemisphere, North Africa, and tropical Asia in the Eocene era until the Miocene epoch on the Spanish peninsula.
Source: ANSA [April 12, 2013]
http://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com.br/2013/04/new-species-of-primate-from-35-mln.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+TheArchaeologyNewsNetwork+%28The+Archaeology+News+Network%29#.UWsOCNrJJD4
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