Kingdom Animalia Family Hominidae Genus Griphopithecus Order Primate | Class Mammalia Phylum Chordata Rank Species | |
Similar Griphopithecus, Primate, Dryopithecus brancoi, Anapithecus, Dryopithecus fontani | ||
Griphopithecus darwini is a prehistoric species of ape from the Miocene of Austria-Slovakia, dated to approximately 15 million years ago. G. darwini is based on a single lower molar, with three other isolated teeth and two fragmentary pieces of postcrania referred to it. As such, a definition of the species is relatively uninformative.
G. darwini has an estimated mean body weight of 48 kg, similar to that observed in the common chimpanzee.
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