Nosmips aenigmaticus

Nosmips Temporal range: Eocene PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Primates
Suborder:	Strepsirhini
Family:	incertae sedis
Genus:	†Nosmips
Species:	†N. aenigmaticus
Binomial name
†Nosmips aenigmaticus Seiffert, 2010

Nosmips aenigmaticus is a rare mystery fossil of a primate and only known by 12 teeth. Most teeth were found at a site in the Fayum Depression about 40 miles outside Cairo, Egypt.^[1]

The discovery that Nosmips aenigmaticus probably lived 37 million years ago in Africa does not fit into the evolutionary tree of primates. ^[2]

References

1. ^ Odd Mosaic of Dental Features Reveals Undocumented Primate
2. ^ A new evolutionary mystery