That's no primate: It's a fish! New look at fossil of 'lemur without a nose'
Wednesday, October 3, 2012 - 13:01
in Paleontology & Archaeology
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. There is a reason for that, scientists have discovered. The lemur without a nose is actually a fish.