Noropithecus
Noropithecus Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Primates |
Suborder: | Haplorhini |
Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
Family: | † |
Genus: | †Noropithecus et al. 2009 |
Type species | |
Noropithecus bulukensis Miller et al. 2009
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Noropithecus is an extinct Old World monkey uncovered from the Early Miocene formations of Buluk, Kenya. It is known from a fragment of a right mandible. It is believed to have been arboreal and omnivorous.[1]
References[]
- ^ ; ; ; ; M.G. Leakey; ; ; ; & (2009). "Systematics of early and middle Miocene Old World monkeys". J Hum Evol. 57 (3): 195–211. doi:10.1016/j.jhevol.2009.06.006. PMID 19640562.
Categories:
- Old World monkeys
- Prehistoric monkeys
- Prehistoric primate genera
- Fossil taxa described in 2009
- Miocene mammals of Africa
- Miocene primates of Africa
- Prehistoric primate stubs
- Old World monkey stubs