You are looking at the fossil remains of a primate discovered in Uganda and dating to approximately 20 million years ago. This fossil species has a dental formula of 2 to 1 to 2 to 3. The bones of the femur (leg bone), shoulder, and spine are consistent with more upright posture, slow climbing as well as, possibly, slow feeding, and traveling about while hanging below branches. How would you classify this fossil primate? a. New World monkey

b. Old World monkey

c. hominoid

d. plesiadapiform

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Biology

Lilianna Leach

15 June, 22:48

You are looking at the fossil remains of a primate discovered in Uganda and dating to approximately 20 million years ago. This fossil species has a dental formula of 2 to 1 to 2 to 3. The bones of the femur (leg bone), shoulder, and spine are consistent with more upright posture, slow climbing as well as, possibly, slow feeding, and traveling about while hanging below branches. How would you classify this fossil primate? a. New World monkey

b. Old World monkey

c. hominoid

d. plesiadapiform

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Ronald Arellano · Answer 1

c. hominoid

Explanation:

Based on the information provided within the question it can be said that in this scenario the best classification for this fossil would be ac. hominoid. This term refer to all the apes species including gibbons, gorillas, chimps, orangutans, and humans. Therefore since the fossil indicates upright posture, slow climbing and hanging below branches we can say that they were hominoid.