Phileosimias brahuiorum Marivaux et al. 2005 (monkey)

Mammalia - Primates - Eosimiidae

Full reference: L. Marivaux, P.-O. Antoine, S. R. H. Baqri, M. Benammi, and Y. Chaimanee. 2005. Anthropoid primates from the Oligocene of Pakistan (Bugti Hills): Data on early anthropoid evolution and biogeography. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 102(24):8436-8441

Belongs to Phileosimias according to L. Marivaux 2006

See also Marivaux et al. 2005

Sister taxon: Phileosimias kamali

Type specimen: UMC-DBC 2221, a tooth (right [upper] M2). Its type locality is Paali Nala level C2 (DBC2), which is in an Oligocene fluvial-deltaic sandstone in the Chitarwata Formation of Pakistan.

Ecology: arboreal omnivore

Distribution: found only at Paali Nala level C2 (DBC2)

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