†Proteopithecus Simons 1989 (monkey)
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Mammalia - Primates - Proteopithecidae
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: Proteopithecidae according to E. R. Seiffert et al. 2005
See also Gunnell and Miller 2001, Simons 1989, Simons 1997 and Simons et al. 1999
Sister taxon: Serapia
Subtaxa: Proteopithecus sylviae
Type: Proteopithecus sylviae
Ecology: arboreal omnivore
Distribution: found only at Quarry L-41 (Jebel Qatrani Formation) (Oligocene of Egypt)
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