Aegytopithecus zeuxis, skull reconstruction Carnataurus Charnia is a highly significant

Charnia is a highly significant fossil for several reasons

Mesozoic Marine Dig Panel

Sometimes referred to as the first bird we now understand Archaeopteryx to be part of a group related to the ancestors of modern birds

Isolated bulbous teeth are often assigned to this genus

Aegytopithecus zeuxis, skull reconstruction Carnataurus Charnia is a highly significantAegyptopithecus, which means "Egyptian Monkey" is an early fossil catarrhine that predates the divergence between hominoids (apes and humans) and cercopithecids (Old World monkeys). It is known from a single species, Aegyptopithecus zeuxis, which lived around 30 million years ago in the early part of the Oligocene epoch. It likely resembled modern day New World monkeys and was about the same size as a modern howler monkey, which is about 56 to 92 cm