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Galago farafraensis

Mammals

Galago farafraensis is an extinct galago, a member of the primate family Galagidae, placed in the genus Galago and described by Pickford, Wanas and Soliman in 2006. The English Wikipedia list of fossil primates names it under Galagidae, and the Paleobiology Database records it from Egypt in rocks of the late Miocene, from the Tortonian to the Messinian stage, between about 11.6 and 5.3 million years ago. The pages read give its author, date, family, country and age range but nothing on its size, diet or habits, so none of those are stated here, and no page read describes the fossil material it was named from.

Facts
Classification
Diet
Insectivore 1
Diet
Frugivore 1
System (Realm)
Terrestrial 1
Living or Extinct
No 2
Scientific Name
Galago farafraensis 1
Conservation Status
Extinct 2
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Galagidae, Taxa
Source List of fossil primates (Wikipedia)
Sources
1. Paleobiology Database API: Paleobiology Database taxon record for Galago farafraensis
Paleobiology Database API
  • Taxon record
    Galago farafraensis
  • Taxon record, environment
    "jev": "terrestrial"
  • Taxon record, diet (frugivore)
    "jdt": "insectivore, frugivore"
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2. List of fossil primates (Wikipedia)
  • Lead
    extinct primates for which a fossil record exists
  • Child Taxon Of: Galagidae, Strepsirrhini, Galagidae
    Galago farafraensis Pickford, Wanas & Soliman, 2006
  • In Group: Primate Species, Strepsirrhini, Galagidae
    Galago farafraensis Pickford, Wanas & Soliman, 2006
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