Dolichopithecus Depéret 1889 (monkey)

Mammalia - Primates - Cercopithecidae

Parent taxon: Colobinae according to E. Delson et al. 2005

See also Jablonski 2002, Koufos et al. 1991, Kurten 1968 and McKenna and Bell 1997

Sister taxa: Cercopithecoides, Colobini, Colobus, Kuseracolobus, Mesopithecus, Nasalis, Paracolobus, Piliocolobus, Presbytis, Procolobus, Pygathrix, Rhinopithecus, Simias, Trachypithecus

Subtaxa: Dolichopithecus arvernensis Dolichopithecus ruscinensis

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Ecology: arboreal frugivore-folivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of France (1 collection)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of France (1)

• Pliocene of Bulgaria (2), France (1), Greece (1), Hungary (2), Moldova (3), Romania (3), Spain (1), Ukraine (1)

Total: 16 collections including 17 occurrences

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