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Saharopithecus

Extinct genus of anthropoid primate From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Saharopithecus is an extinct genus of anthropoid primate that lived in Africa during the Bartonian stage of the Eocene epoch.

Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Primates
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Saharopithecus
Temporal range: Bartonian
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Genus: †Saharopithecus
Species:
†S. salemi
Binomial name
†Saharopithecus salemi
Jaeger et al., 2026
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Distribution

Saharopithecus salemi is known from the Dur At-Talah fossil site of Libya, dating back to the Bartonian stage.[1]

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