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Parapithecus

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Kingdom
  
Suborder
  
Haplorrhini

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Primate

Class
  
Family
  
Rank
  
Genus

Parapithecus Crania of A the early Oligocene parapithecid anthropoid Figure

Infraorder
  
Simiiformes (Anthropoidea)

Similar
  
Primate, Propliopithecus, Aegyptopithecus, Dryopithecus, Apidium

Construcci n bar parapithecus


Parapithecus is an extinct genus of primate that lived during the Earliest Oligocene in what is now Egypt. Its members are considered to be basal anthropoids and the genus is closely related to Apidium. There are two known species.

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Parapithecus FileParapithecus grangeri mandibleJPG Wikimedia Commons

Parapithecus mandible fragments


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Parapithecus The cranium of Parapithecus grangeri an Egyptian Oligocene

Parapithecus The cranium of Parapithecus grangeri an Egyptian Oligocene

Parapithecus The cranium of Parapithecus grangeri an Egyptian Oligocene

References

Parapithecus Wikipedia