Aegyptopithecus

Aegyptopithecus, which means Egyptian Primate, from Greek Αίγυπτος (Egypt) and πίθηκος (primate), is an early fossil catarrhine that predates the divergence between hominoids (apes) and Old World monkeys. It is known from a single species Aegyptopithecus zeuxis and lived some 35-33 million years ago in the early part of the Oligocene epoch. It likely resembled modern-day New World monkeys (it is about the same size as a modern howler monkey). Aegyptopithecus fossils have been found primarily in modern-day Egypt. Aegyptopithecus is believed to be a basal catarrhine, a crucial link between Eocene and Miocene fossil hominoids.