Fossil Monkey, Fossil Primate
Object Details
- Collector
- I. Fadel
- Discipline
- Anthropology
- Region
- African Region
- Description
- This object is part of the Education and Outreach collection, some of which are in the Q?rius science education center and available to see.
- Geologic Age
- Oligocene
- Light brown plaster cast of right side mandible of Aegyptopithecus zeuxis. One molar is present, others are forming.
- Number of objects in this record
- 1
- Record Last Modified
- 15 Oct 2020
- Collection Date
- 1965
- USNM Number
- EO51159
- Object Type
- Education and Outreach collections
- Is this real?
- No, it's a cast.
- Life Stage
- Juvenile
- Material
- Plaster, Paint
- Collecting Locality
- Africa, Egypt, Fayoum Governorate
- Scientific Name
- Aegyptopithecus zeuxis
- See more items in
- Q?rius, The Coralyn W. Whitney Science Education Center
- Taxonomy
- Animalia, Chordata, Vertebrata, Tetrapoda, Mammalia, Theria, Primates, Catarrhini, Propliopithecidae
- Topic
- Education & Outreach
- Record ID
- nmnheducation_10020702
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3d899bb75-25d9-4052-9e26-8b5a8c27dc10
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