Mesopithecus

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Mesopithecus Temporal range: Late Miocene–Late Pliocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N

Skeleton
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Primates
Suborder:	Haplorhini
Infraorder:	Simiiformes
Family:	Cercopithecidae
Subfamily:	Colobinae
Genus:	†Mesopithecus Wagner, 1839
Species
Mesopithecus monspessulanus Gervais 1859 Mesopithecus pentelici Wagner 1839 (type)

Mesopithecus ("middle monkey" for being between Hylobates and Semnopithecus in build) is an extinct genus of Old World monkey that lived in Europe and Asia 7 to 5 million years ago.^[1]^[2]^[3] Mesopithecus resembled a modern macaque, with a body length of about 40 centimetres (16 in). It was adapted to both walking and climbing, possessing a slender body with long, muscular limbs and flexible fingers. Its teeth suggest that it primarily ate soft leaves and fruit.^[4] It was once thought that these extinct monkeys might be an ancestor of the grey langur, but a more recent study^[5] suggests that they are more closely related to the snub-nosed monkeys and doucs.

Gallery[]

Mesopithecus pentelici skulls
Skeletal restoration

References[]

^ Fossils of 6.4-Million-Year-Old Monkey Found in China; on: sci-news; Oct 9, 2020
^ Xueping Ji et al.: Oldest colobine calcaneus from East Asia (Zhaotong, Yunnan, China). In: Journal of Human Evolution Vol. 147: 102866; October 2020; doi: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2020.102866
^ Jablonski, Nina G.; et al. (6 August 2020). "Mesopithecus pentelicus from Zhaotong, China, the easternmost representative of a widespread Miocene cercopithecoid species". Journal of Human Evolution. 145. doi:10.1016/j.jhevol.2020.102851. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
^ Palmer, D., ed. (1999). The Marshall Illustrated Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Animals. London: Marshall Editions. p. 289. ISBN 1-84028-152-9.
^ Pan, Ruliang; Groves, Colin; Oxnard, Charles (2004). "Relationships Between the Fossil Colobine Mesopithecus pentelicus and Extant Cercopithecoids, Based on Dental Metrics" (PDF). American Journal of Primatology. 62 (4): 287–299. doi:10.1002/ajp.20022. PMID 15085533. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-07-27. Retrieved 2009-01-26.

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Rare Mesopithecus skull unearthed in Chalkidiki

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates

Altanius? Altiatlasius? Bownomomys
	Necrolemur
"Anaptomorphinae"	Teilhardina
""	Chipetaia Rooneyia Shoshonius

†Archicebus †Afrotarsiidae? †"Omomyidae"?
Tarsiidae	Carlito Cephalopachus † † Tarsius †?

- see below↓

Teilhardina sp.

†Altiatlasius?
†
†
†Nosmips?
†Phileosimias?

†Afrotarsiidae?

Afrasia
Afrotarsius

Eosimias

†Amphipithecidae

†Parapithecoidea

Arsinoea Biretia
Proteopithecidae	Serapia
Parapithecidae	Apidium Parapithecus Qatrania

†Antillothrix Aotus †Branisella †Chilecebus †Dolichocebus †Insulacebus †Paralouatta † †? † †Tremacebus
†	Canaanimico Homunculus
Pitheciidae	Cacajao Callicebus †Cebupithecia Cheracebus Chiropotes †Miocallicebus †Nuciruptor Pithecia Plecturocebus † †Xenothrix
Atelidae	Alouatta Ateles Brachyteles †Caipora †Cartelles Lagothrix Oreonax †Protopithecus †Solimoea †Stirtonia
Cebidae	†Acrecebus Cebus †Panamacebus Saimiri Sapajus
Callitrichidae	Callimico Callithrix Cebuella †Lagonimico Leontocebus Leontopithecus Mico †Micodon †Mohanamico †Patasola Saguinus

Catarrhini	see below↓

Eosimias sinensis

†Micropithecus
†Saadanius

†Oligopithecidae

Catopithecus
Oligopithecus

†Propliopithecidae

Aegyptopithecus
Propliopithecus

†Pliopithecoidea


Pliopithecidae	Epipliopithecus Pliopithecus
Dionysopithecidae
Crouzeliidae	Anapithecus

Cercopithecoidea

†Alophe

†

Cercopithecinae

Cercopithecini	Allenopithecus Allochrocebus Cercopithecus Chlorocebus Erythrocebus Miopithecus †
Papionini	Cercocebus †Dinopithecus †Gorgopithecus Lophocebus Macaca Mandrillus Papio †Paradolichopithecus †Parapapio †Pliopapio †Procercocebus † Rungwecebus † Theropithecus

Hominoidea	see below↓

Aegyptopithecus zeuxis

†Afropithecus †Ekembo †Equatorius †Griphopithecus †Kamoyapithecus? †Kenyapithecus †Morotopithecus †Otavipithecus †Pliobates †Proconsul †Samburupithecus
†Dendropithecidae	Dendropithecus Micropithecus? Nyanzapithecus Oreopithecus? Rangwapithecus Simiolus
Hylobatidae	†Bunopithecus Hoolock Hylobates †Junzi †Kapi Nomascus Symphalangus †

†Graecopithecus †Nakalipithecus †Ouranopithecus
Ponginae	†Ankarapithecus †Gigantopithecus †Indopithecus †Khoratpithecus †Lufengpithecus †Meganthropus Pongo †Sivapithecus

†Dryopithecini

Anoiapithecus
Danuvius
Dryopithecus
Hispanopithecus?
Pierolapithecus?
Rudapithecus

†Chororapithecus?
Gorilla
†Nakalipithecus?

Pan
Hominina	†Ardipithecus? †Australopithecus †Graecopithecus? Homo †Kenyanthropus †Orrorin? †Sahelanthropus? †Paranthropus

Gigantopithecus blacki

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