Marcgodinotius fossil map
Where fossils of Marcgodinotius have been found, shown on the Earth as it looked about 56 million years ago and on today’s map.
Dots are fossil collections recorded in the Paleobiology Database. The “then” view moves today’s fossil sites back to their positions 56 million years ago (the time slice nearest the median age of the fossils) using the Merdith et al. (2021) plate model; positions are approximate. Open on the timeline map →
| Group | Early mammals |
|---|---|
| Lived | 56–48.07 million years ago (Ypresian) |
| Periods | Paleogene |
| Family | Notharctidae |
| Named by | Bajpai et al. 2005 |
| Fossil records | 10 occurrences at 3 locations (PBDB) |
| Found in | India |
| Rock formations | Cambay Shale |
About Marcgodinotius
Marcgodinotius is a genus of adapiform primate that lived in Asia during the early Eocene. It is a monotypic genus, the only species being Marcgodinotius indicus. Another adapiform primate Suratius robustus was found in the same horizon. Anthrasimias may be a junior synonym of Marcgodinotius and Anthrasimias gujaratensis a junior synonym of Marcgodinotius indicus.
Marcgodinotius indicus was a species of primate first found in Gujarat, India in 2005. It is believed to have lived about 55 million years ago, during the early Eocene. It weighed around 75 grams which would make it only slightly larger than the world's smallest primates, the mouse lemurs and the dwarf galagos.
The generic name, Anthrasimias, referred to anthra, Greek for coal, because the fossils were found in a coal mine, and simias, Latin for monkey or ape.
Additional material (a partial left petrosal bone and a fragmenatry stapes bone) likely belonging to the genus from the Vastan Lignite Mine of the Cambay Shale Formation also in Gujarat, this find is one of the oldest euprimate petrosal bones known to date.
Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Marcgodinotius (revision 1361625151), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0; introduction excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Ages, family, authority and fossil records: Paleobiology Database, accessed 23 October 2026. Ages are those of the rock layers the fossils were found in. Wikidata: Q20817873.
