Fossils of African Fauna (IMAGE)

Duke University

Fossils of African Fauna

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Fossils of the key groups used to unveil the Eocene-Oligocene extinction in Africa with primates on the left, the carnivorous hyaenodont, upper right, rodent, lower right. These fossils are from the Fayum Depression in Egypt and are stored at the Duke Lemur Center’s Division of Fossil Primates.

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Matt Borths, Duke University Lemur Center

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