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- Afrasia djijidae is a fossil primate that lived in Myanmar approximately 37 million years ago, during the late middle Eocene. The only species in the genus Afrasia, it was a small primate, estimated to weigh around 100 grams (3.5 oz). Despite the significant geographic distance between them, Afrasia is thought to be closely related to Afrotarsius, an enigmatic fossil found in Libya and Egypt that dates to 38–39 million years ago. If this relationship is correct, it suggests that early simians (a related group or clade consisting of monkeys, apes, and humans) dispersed from Asia to Africa during the middle Eocene and would add further support to the hypothesis that the first simians evolved in Asia, not Africa. Neither Afrasia nor Afrotarsius, which together form the family Afrotarsiidae, is considered ancestral to living simians, but they are part of a side branch or stem group known as . Because they did not give rise to the stem simians that are known from the same deposits in Africa, early Asian simians are thought to have dispersed from Asia to Africa more than once prior to the late middle Eocene. Such dispersals from Asia to Africa also were seen around the same time in other mammalian groups, including hystricognathous rodents and anthracotheres. Afrasia is known from four isolated molar teeth found in the of Myanmar. These teeth are similar to those of Afrotarsius and Eosimiidae, and differ only in details of the chewing surface. For example, the back part of the third lower molar is relatively well-developed. In the Pondaung Formation, Afrasia was part of a diverse primate community that also includes the eosimiid and members of the families Amphipithecidae and Sivaladapidae. (en)
- Afrasia ist eine Gattung der Primaten aus der ausgestorbenen Familie der . Die absolut datierten, rund 37 Millionen Jahre alten fossilen Überreste aus dem unteren Obereozän wurden nahe der Ortschaft Myaing in Myanmar entdeckt und 2012 von einer internationalen Forschergruppe erstmals wissenschaftlich beschrieben. (de)
- Afrasia djijidae é uma espécie fóssil de primata da família descoberto na na região central de Mianmar. A espécie compartilha uma morfologia dentária com as espécies do gênero encontradas na Líbia. Afrasia djijidae é a única espécie descrita para o gênero Afrasia. (pt)
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- Chaimanee et al. 2012 (en)
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- According to Chaimanee et al. 2012, the close relationship between Afrasia djijidae from Southeast Asia and Afrotarsius libycus from North Africa demonstrates one of at least two dispersals of stem simians from Asia to Africa during the middle Eocene. (en)
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- October 2016 (en)
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- Four isolated teeth of Afrasia djijidae. Clockwise from top left: right second upper molar , right first upper molar , right lower second molar , and right lower third molar . (en)
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- Chaimanee et al. 2012 (en)
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- African Origin Of Anthropoid Primates Called Into Question With New Fossil Discovery (en)
- Phylogeny of Paleogene simians (en)
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- Afrasia ist eine Gattung der Primaten aus der ausgestorbenen Familie der . Die absolut datierten, rund 37 Millionen Jahre alten fossilen Überreste aus dem unteren Obereozän wurden nahe der Ortschaft Myaing in Myanmar entdeckt und 2012 von einer internationalen Forschergruppe erstmals wissenschaftlich beschrieben. (de)
- Afrasia djijidae é uma espécie fóssil de primata da família descoberto na na região central de Mianmar. A espécie compartilha uma morfologia dentária com as espécies do gênero encontradas na Líbia. Afrasia djijidae é a única espécie descrita para o gênero Afrasia. (pt)
- Afrasia djijidae is a fossil primate that lived in Myanmar approximately 37 million years ago, during the late middle Eocene. The only species in the genus Afrasia, it was a small primate, estimated to weigh around 100 grams (3.5 oz). Despite the significant geographic distance between them, Afrasia is thought to be closely related to Afrotarsius, an enigmatic fossil found in Libya and Egypt that dates to 38–39 million years ago. If this relationship is correct, it suggests that early simians (a related group or clade consisting of monkeys, apes, and humans) dispersed from Asia to Africa during the middle Eocene and would add further support to the hypothesis that the first simians evolved in Asia, not Africa. Neither Afrasia nor Afrotarsius, which together form the family Afrotarsiidae, i (en)
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- Afrasia (de)
- Afrasia djijidae (en)
- Afrasia djijidae (pt)
- Afrasia djijidae (uk)
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