Aegyptopithecus zeuxis
UNB-2020-0212Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Chordata » Vertebrata » Mammalia
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Family: Propliopithecidae
Genus: Aegyptopithecus (Simons, 1965)
Species: Aegyptopithecus zeuxis (Simons, 1965)
Specimen of a lower jaw with 15 intact teeth and one molar partially grown in from the right jaw.
Specifications
| Object name | Aegyptopithecus zeuxis |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2020-0212 |
| Legal status | Permanent collection |
| Category | Fossil |
| Classification | Domain: Eukaryote Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Class: Mammalia |
| Composition | Calcium phosphate |
| Age | Eon: Phanerozoic Era: Cenozoic Period: Paleogene Epoch: Oligocene Age: Rupelian |
| Numeric age | 33.9 Mya |
| Origin | Fayum, Egypt |
| Pieces | 1 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
Map of Origin
Publications
- E. L. Simons. 1965. New fossil apes from Egypt and the initial differentiation of Hominoidea. Nature 205:135-139