SGS-UM 2009-002 records a 29–28 Ma catarrhine with a character combination recovered on the catarrhine stem in the cited matrix, not a crown catarrhine or direct ancestor.
claim:event:saadanius-holotype-stem-catarrhineSaadanius holotype stem-catarrhine test
One partial cranium combines crown-catarrhine features with the absence of diagnostic ape or Old World monkey specializations in the published matrix.
Represented range29–28 Ma
RegionsMiddle Shumaysi Formation, Harrat Al Ujayfa, western Saudi Arabia
CladesSaadanius · Catarrhini · Anthropoidea
Claim ledger
References
- New Oligocene primate from Saudi Arabia and the divergence of apes and Old World monkeysZalmout, I.S.; Sanders, W.J.; MacLatchy, L.M.; Gunnell, G.F.; Al-Mufarreh, Y.A.; Ali, M.A.; Nasser, A.-A.H.; Al-Masari, A.M.; Al-Sobhi, S.A.; Nadhra, A.O.; Matari, A.H.; Wilson, J.A.; Gingerich, P.D. · 2010 · DOI 10.1038/nature09094