Arsinoea is an extinct genus of primates of which there is one known species, Arsinoea kallimos.[1] Arsinoea kallimos from the late Eocene quarry L-41, Fayum Depression.
| Arsinoea | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Suborder: | Haplorhini |
| Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
| Family: | †Parapithecidae |
| Genus: | †Arsinoea Simons, 1992 |
| Species: | †A. kallimos
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| Binomial name | |
| †Arsinoea kallimos Simons, 1992
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References
edit- ^ Simons, E. L. (1992). "Diversity in the early Tertiary anthropoidean radiation in Africa". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 89 (22): 10743–10747. Bibcode:1992PNAS...8910743S. doi:10.1073/pnas.89.22.10743. PMC 50418. PMID 1438271.
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