Progalago dorae is an extinct galago, a member of the primate family Galagidae, described by MacInnes in 1943 as the first species of the genus Progalago. The English Wikipedia list of fossil primates places it under Galagidae beside a second species of the genus, Progalago songhorensis, described by Simpson in 1967. The Paleobiology Database records the genus Progalago in Kenya in the Burdigalian stage of the early Miocene, between about 20.5 and 16 million years ago, but it holds no record of this species itself, so the age and place of the species are known only through its genus. No page read gives its size, diet or habits.
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Classification
System (Realm) Living or Extinct Scientific Name Conservation Status Connections
Child Taxon Of
Source List of fossil primates (Wikipedia)
Sources
1. Paleobiology Database API: Paleobiology Database taxon record for Progalago dorae
Paleobiology Database APITaxon record
Progalago dorae
Taxon record, environment
"jev": "terrestrial"
Taxon record, diet (frugivore)
"jdt": "insectivore, frugivore"
View the Source 2. List of fossil primates (Wikipedia)
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extinct primates for which a fossil record exists
Child Taxon Of: Galagidae, Strepsirrhini, Galagidae
Progalago dorae MacInnes, 1943
In Group: Primate Species, Strepsirrhini, Galagidae
Progalago dorae MacInnes, 1943
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