Discovery of new primate genus and species in Lake Casa Blanca International State Park in Laredo, Texas
In an announcement today at the annual meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists in Philadelphia, Jim Westgate (Lamar University and University of Texas-Austin), Dana Cope (College of Charleston), and Chris Beard (Carnegie Museum of Natural History) shared their discovery of a new primate genus and three new primate species found in the Lake Casa Blanca International State Park in Laredo. The teeth used to identify the new species and genus (molar, pre-molar, and incisor) were found in 42 million-year-old swamp deposits of the Eocene age Laredo Formation. More information, including formal names, will be released in a future publication.
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[...] I don’t have much else to run off of this press release, other than the information I just conveyed back to you, But Westgate was quoted to say that, “formal name of the new genus, which means “primate of the coastal lagoons” [Paralomys], will be released at publication time.” UPDATE: Betsy had already posted this news, a while back. I forgot to double check when I posted this, so be sure to check out what Betsy wrote as well, here. [...]
New 42 million-year-old primate species found in prehistoric Texas « Primatology.org
April 16, 2007 at 5:28 am