Late Eocene Lorisiform Primate from Eocliff, Sperrgebiet, Namibia
The Late Eocene Eocliff Limestone has yielded an impressive quantity of small mammal remains, among which is a small primate. The morphometry of the upper molar indicates that the Eocliff specimen has affinities with lorisiform primates, for which a new genus and a new species are erected. This brings to three the diversity of Primates known from the Eocene of Namibia, a possible basal anthropoid (Notnamaia bogenfelsi) from the Lutetian of Black Crow, an un-named anthropoid from the Bartonian of Silica North and now a lorisiform from the Bartonian of Eocliff described in this paper. Keywords: Primates, Lorisidae, Eocene, Namibia, Sperrgebiet.
Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia
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