Amamria
| Amamria Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Suborder: | Haplorhini |
| Genus: | † |
| Species: | †A. tunisiensis |
| Binomial name | |
| †Amamria tunisiensis Marivaux et. al., 2014 | |
Amamria is an extinct genus of primate that lived during the Bartonian stage of the Eocene epoch.
Distribution
Amamria tunisiensis is known from Djebel el Kébar in central Tunisia.[1]
References
- ^ Marivaux, Laurent; Essid, El Mabrouk; Marzougui, Wissem; Khayati Ammar, Hayet; Adnet, Sylvain; Marandat, Bernard; Merzeraud, Gilles; Ramdarshan, Anusha; Tabuce, Rodolphe; Vianey‐Liaud, Monique; Yans, Johan (30 April 2014). "A morphological intermediate between eosimiiform and simiiform primates from the late middle Eocene of Tunisia: Macroevolutionary and paleobiogeographic implications of early anthropoids". American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 154 (3): 387–401. doi:10.1002/ajpa.22523. ISSN 0002-9483. Retrieved 6 March 2025 – via Wiley Online Library.