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.
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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 Galago farafraensis
Paleobiology Database APITaxon record
Galago farafraensis
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
Galago farafraensis Pickford, Wanas & Soliman, 2006
In Group: Primate Species, Strepsirrhini, Galagidae
Galago farafraensis Pickford, Wanas & Soliman, 2006
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