Fossil—thought for over a century to be the only trace of a prehistoric primate—is actually that of a fish

Thursday, October 4, 2012 - 07:31 in Paleontology & Archaeology

(Phys.org)—A seven million-year-old South American fossil from a species known as Arrhinolemur scalabrinii – which translates literally to "Scalabrini's lemur without a nose" – has long been a curiosity because there is only one specimen in existence and it is unlike most other primates.

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