Oligopithecus rogeri Gheerbrant et al. 1995 (monkey)

Mammalia - Primates - Propliopithecidae

Full reference: E. Gheerbrant, H. Thomas, S. Sen and Z. Al-Sulaimani. 1995. Nouveau primate Oligopithecinae (Simiiformes) de l'Oligocène inférieur de Taqah, Sultanat d'Oman = New Oligopithecinae Primate (Simiiformes) from the early Oligocene of Taqah, Sultanate of Oman. Comptes rendus de l'Académie des sciences de Paris, Série 2 321:425-432

Belongs to Oligopithecus according to E. Gheerbrant et al. 1995

Sister taxon: Oligopithecus savagei

Type specimen: TQ 313, a tooth. Its type locality is Taqah, which is in an Oligocene coastal marl in the Ashawq Formation of Oman.

Ecology: arboreal omnivore

Distribution: found only at Taqah

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