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Amamria

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Amamria
Temporal range: Bartonian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Haplorhini
Genus: Amamria
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

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Amamria tunisiensis is known from Djebel el Kébar in central Tunisia.[1]

References

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  1. ^ 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.