†family Oligopithecidae Simons 1989 (monkey)
Mammalia - Primates - Oligopithecidae
Alternative spelling: Oligopithecinae
Full reference: E. L. Simons. 1989. Description of two genera and species of Late Eocene Anthropoidea from Egypt. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 86:9956-9960
Parent taxon: Anthropoidea according to R. F. Kay et al. 2004
See also Beard et al. 1994 and Simons 1989
Sister taxa: Afrotarsiidae, Amamria, Amphipithecidae, Arctopithecini, Aseanpithecus, Catarrhini, Eosimiidae, Neopithecini, Paleopithecini, Parapithecoidea, Perupithecus, Platyrrhini, Proteopithecidae, Aotidae, Protoanthropoidea, Notnamaia
Subtaxa: Catopithecus Talahpithecus
Ecology: arboreal omnivore
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