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Darwinius masillae

author: Julius T. Csotonyi/Novapix

reference: t-din05-50101

Image Size 300 DPI: 21 * 28 cm

The earliest known Haplorrhini primate was recently described by Franzen et al. (2009) from the Messel shale in Germany from the Eocene (47 million years ago).

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2009 - ANIMAL - CENOZOIC - DARWINIUS MASILLAE - EARTH - EOCENE - FAUNA - HISTORY OF EARTH - ILLUSTRATION - MAMMAL - PRIMATE - SYNAPSID -