Palaeopropithecus kelyus

Palaeopropithecus kelyus

P.kelyus maxilla fragment, removed from its matrix.

Palaeopropithecus kelyus is an extinct species of lemur described in 2009. It is the third species of the genus to be discovered to date, although, it is smaller than the two other ones. The type specimen was discovered by a Franco-Madagascan team. The specimen is based on a partial dentary.

The two other species are P. ingens (in 1898) and P. maximus (in 1903).

References

• Dominique Gommery, Beby Ramanivosoa, Sabine Tombomiadana-Raveloson, Hervé Randrianantenaina, Patrice Kerloc'h. Une nouvelle espèce de lémurien géant subfossile du Nord-Ouest de Madagascar (Palaeopropithecus kelyus, Primates). Comptes Rendus Palevol, 2009; DOI: 10.1016/j.crpv.2009.02.001

External links

• ScienceDaily