Nosmips

{{Short description|Extinct genus of primates}}

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| fossil_range = {{Fossil range|38.0|33.9}} Late Eocene{{Cite web|title=PBDB|url=https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=343225&is_real_user=1|access-date=2021-07-28|website=paleobiodb.org}}

| genus = Nosmips

| parent_authority = Seiffert, 2010

| species = aenigmaticus

| authority = Seiffert, 2010E. R. Seiffert, E. L. Simons, D. M. Boyer, J. M. G. Perry, T. M. Ryan and H. M. Sallam. 2010. A fossil primate of uncertain affinities from the earliest late Eocene of Egypt. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 107(21):9712-9717

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Nosmips aenigmaticus is a rare fossil primate known only from 12 teeth. Most teeth were found at a site in the Fayum Depression about {{convert|40|mi|km|abbr=}} outside Cairo, Egypt.[http://www.physorg.com/news192736436.html Odd mosaic of dental features reveals undocumented primate]

Nosmips aenigmaticus probably lived 37 million years ago in Africa and has not been successfully classified within any group of primates.Yahia, M. 2010. [http://www.nature.com/nmiddleeast/2010/100603/full/nmiddleeast.2010.159.html A new evolutionary mystery]. Nature. In particular, it is distinct from the three main branches of primate found in Africa at the time - anthropoids, adapiforms and lemuriforms. It is weakly associated with the Eosimiidae. Its premolars are specialised and the tooth enamel displays extensive signs of pitting, which would appear to be consistent with a diet of either seeds or fruits with hard pits.{{Cite journal|last1=Seiffert|first1=Erik R.|last2=Boyer|first2=Doug M.|last3=Fleagle|first3=John G.|last4=Gunnell|first4=Gregg F.|last5=Heesy|first5=Christopher P.|last6=Perry|first6=Jonathan M. G.|last7=Sallam|first7=Hesham M.|date=2017-04-10|title=New adapiform primate fossils from the late Eocene of Egypt|journal=Historical Biology|volume=30|issue=1–2|pages=204–226|doi=10.1080/08912963.2017.1306522|s2cid=89631627|issn=0891-2963|url=https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/4834019 }}