Rangwapithecus Andrews 1974 (ape)

Mammalia - Primates - Proconsulidae

Parent taxon: Proconsulidae according to I. S. Zalmout et al. 2010

See also Andrews 1992, Pilbeam et al. 1977 and Rossie and MacLatchy 2006

Sister taxa: Afropithecus, Heliopithecus, Morotopithecus, Nacholapithecus, Nyanzapithecus, Proconsul, Proconsulinae, Turkanapithecus, Xenopithecus

Subtaxa: Rangwapithecus gordoni

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Ecology: arboreal omnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Rangwapithecus in the database

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