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Micropithecus
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<p> <i>Micropithecus</i> is an extinct <a href="/facts/Genus_(biology)/m8EFjSms">genus</a> of <a href="/facts/Primates/Hl8RNE2X">primates</a> that lived in <a href="/facts/East_Africa/WtsAyphI">East Africa</a> about 19 to 15 million years ago, during the early <a href="/facts/Miocene/cBRRzq4g">Miocene</a>. The genus and its <a href="/facts/Type_species/kL03T6V4">type species</a>, <i>Micropithecus clarki</i>, were first scientifically described in 1978. </p>