Masradapis

Masradapis; Temporal range: Priabonian; ~38 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Primates
Suborder:	Strepsirrhini
Family:	†Adapidae
Subfamily:	†Caenopithecinae
Genus:	†Masradapis; Seiffert et al. 2017
Species:	†M. tahai
Binomial name
	†Masradapis tahai; Seiffert et al. 2017

Masradapis is an extinct genus of caenopithecine primate from the Priabonian of the Fayum Depression, Egypt. The type and only species, Masradapis tahai, was named and described by Erik R. Seiffert et al., in 2017.^[1] , when combined with , suggests that a common ancestor of known caenopithecines dispersed to Afro-Arabia from Europe between 49.4 and 47.4 Ma, and that a trans-Tethyan back-dispersal explains Caenopithecus’ later presence in Europe.^[1]

References[]

^ ^a ^b Seiffert, Erik R.; Fleagle, John; Boyer, Doug M.; Sallam, Hesham M. (2017). "New adapiform primate fossils from the late Eocene of Egypt". Historical Biology. 30 (1–2): 204–226. doi:10.1080/08912963.2017.1306522.

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[Seiffert_2017-1] Seiffert, Erik R.; Fleagle, John; Boyer, Doug M.; Sallam, Hesham M. (2017). "New adapiform primate fossils from the late Eocene of Egypt". Historical Biology. 30 (1–2): 204–226. doi:10.1080/08912963.2017.1306522.

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