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Saharopithecus Temporal range:
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Primates
Genus:	†Saharopithecus
Species:	†S. salemi
Binomial name
†Saharopithecus salemi Jaeger et al., 2026

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Saharopithecus is an extinct genus of anthropoid primate that lived in Africa during the Bartonian stage of the Eocene epoch.

Distribution

Saharopithecus salemi is known from the Dur At-Talah fossil site of Libya, dating back to the Bartonian stage.^[1]

↑ Jaeger, Jean-Jacques; Chaimanee, Yaowalak; Benammi, Mouloud; Marivaux, Laurent; Chavasseau, Olivier; Beard, K. Christopher; Valentin, Xavier; Hlal, Osama; Bilal, Awad; Coster, Pauline; Brunet, Michel (June 2026). "New late middle Eocene anthropoids from Dur At-Talah, Libya: Implications for early primate dispersal into Afro-Arabia". Journal of Human Evolution. 215–216 103843. Bibcode:2026JHumE.21503843J. doi:10.1016/j.jhevol.2026.103843. PMID 42102511.

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