A Fossil Lemur from the Oligocene of Pakistan

@article{Marivaux2001AFL,
  title={A Fossil Lemur from the Oligocene of Pakistan},
  author={Laurent Marivaux and Jean-Loup Welcomme and Pierre Antoine and Gr{\'e}goire M{\'e}tais and Ibrahim Baloch and Mouloud Benammi and Yaowalak Chaimanee and St{\'e}phane Ducrocq and Jean-Jacques Jaeger},
  journal={Science},
  year={2001},
  volume={294},
  pages={587 - 591}
}
In the absence of a comprehensive fossil record, the origin and early evolution of Malagasy lemurs have been subject to much uncertainty. We report here the discovery of a strepsirrhine fossil with strong cheirogaleid lemur affinities, Bugtilemur mathesonigen. et sp. nov., from early Oligocene deposits of the Bugti Hills (Balochistan, Pakistan). Bugtilemur represents the earliest record of Lemuriformes, which hence appear to have already diversified outside of Madagascar at least 30 million… 
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