Mammalia - Primates - Hominidae
Synonyms: Ankarapithecus Ozansoy 1965, Ramapithecus Lewis 1934
Parent taxon: Sivapithecini according to D. W. Cameron 1997
See also Andrews 1992, Andrews and Cronin 1982, Kay 1982, Kelley 2002, Kurten 1968, Martin 1985, McKenna and Bell 1997, Pilbeam et al. 1977 and Pilgrim 1915
Sister taxa: Ramapithecidae, Ramapithecinae, Sivapithecinae
Subtaxa: Ankarapithecus meteai Palaeopithecus Sivapithecus indicus Sivapithecus parvada Sivapithecus punjabicus Sivapithecus simsoni Sivapithecus sivalensis
Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of China (1 collection), India (2), Kenya (4), Nepal (1), Pakistan (2), Turkey (1)
Total: 11 collections including 16 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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