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Nannopithex fossil map

Where fossils of Nannopithex have been found, shown on the Earth as it looked about 45 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 45 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 →

Nannopithex
Image: Ghedoghedo, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
GroupEarly mammals
Lived56–37.71 million years ago (Ypresian to Bartonian)
PeriodsPaleogene
FamilyOmomyidae
Named byStehlin 1916
Fossil records24 occurrences at 11 locations (PBDB)
Found inFrance, United Kingdom, Switzerland
Rock formationstxn:40793, Wittering, Creechbarrow Limestone

About Nannopithex

Nannopithex is a genus of European omomyid primate from the Eocene.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Nannopithex (revision 1362580633), 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: Q16580994.

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