†Propliopithecus haeckeli Schlosser 1911 (monkey)

Mammalia - Primates - Propliopithecidae

Synonym: Moeripithecus markgrafi Schlosser 1910

Belongs to Propliopithecus according to P. D. Gingerich 1978

See also Simons 1965

Sister taxa: Propliopithecus ankeli, Propliopithecus chirobates

Type specimens:

  • Propliopithecus haeckeli: SMN 12638, a mandible (left and right mandibles). Its type locality is Stuttgart Fayum collection, which is in a Rupelian terrestrial horizon in the Jebel Qatrani Formation of Egypt.
  • Moeripithecus markgrafi: Its type locality is Stuttgart Fayum collection, which is in a Rupelian terrestrial horizon in the Jebel Qatrani Formation of Egypt.

Ecology: arboreal omnivore

Distribution:

• Oligocene of Egypt (2 collections), Oman (1)

Total: 3 collections including 4 occurrences

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