A team of anthropologists said their study of South Texas fossil deposits revealed evidence including ancient teeth that shows the area was home to numerous types of primates 42 million years ago.
Lamar University Professor Jim Westgate and two colleagues announced the discovery of three new genera and four new species of primates based on their examination of material removed from Lake Casa Blanca International State Park near Laredo and the Mexican border.
Westgate said the Laredo area was a coastal lagoon during the stage of geologic history known as the Eocene Epoch, which was when primates were becoming extinct on much of the continent.
"It was kind of the last gasp for the primates in North America," said Westgate, a professor of earth and space sciences.
I've been getting more and more interested in NorAm primates and the extinction event that took place around the Eocene (for them especially). It has implications for my Darth Will plans for Greenland after all. (;))
I really want my Lemuroos. I'd have no issues at all with replacing as much as possible of rodentia with primates.
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