Abstract
The first fossil primate discovered in Afghanistan comes from the Late Miocene of Molayan, Khurdkabul Basin. The materials consist of an almost-complete juvenile mandible and an isolated P3. These two specimens do not significantly differ from thePikermi Mesopithecus pentelicus and are assigned to this species. The primate mandible from the Late Miocene of Maragheh, Iran, which has always been referred by all authors toM. pentelicus, differs from the Pikermi and Molayan materials. It must be assigned to another taxon, probably a new one. The geographic range ofM. pentelicus turns out to be considerably wider in view of the discovery of the species in Molayan, eastern Afghanistan.
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