University of Texas-Austin: 2 New Species of Ancient Primates Identified That Resembled Lemurs
September 22, 2023
September 22, 2023
AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 22 (TNSres) -- The University of Texas issued the following news release:
Fossil evidence from the Tornillo Basin in West Texas and the Uinta Basin in Utah reveals two new species of omomyids -- a family of small-bodied early primates from the Eocene epoch. The findings also clarify previously disputed taxonomic distinctions among these primates, according to researchers from The University of Texas at Austin, Des Moines University in Iowa and Midwestern Univers . . .
Fossil evidence from the Tornillo Basin in West Texas and the Uinta Basin in Utah reveals two new species of omomyids -- a family of small-bodied early primates from the Eocene epoch. The findings also clarify previously disputed taxonomic distinctions among these primates, according to researchers from The University of Texas at Austin, Des Moines University in Iowa and Midwestern Univers . . .