| Anthrasimias[1] Temporal range: 55 Ma Early Eocene |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Suborder: | Haplorrhini |
| Infraorder: | Simiiformes (Anthropoidea) |
| Parvorder: | Catarrhini |
| Family: | †Eosimiidae |
| Genus: | †Anthrasimias Bajpai et al., 2008 |
| Species: | †A. gujaratensis Bajpai et al., 2008 |
| Binomial name | |
| †Anthrasimias gujaratensis |
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Anthrasimias gujaratensis was a species of primate first found in Gujarat, India in 2008. Anthrasimias is believed to have lived about 55 million years ago, during the early Eocene.[1] Weight 75 grams
Anthrasimias is the oldest known member of its family; the next oldest, Eosimias, lived about 45 million years ago in China.[1]