Nyanzapithecus Harrison 1987 (ape)

Mammalia - Primates - Proconsulidae

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

See also Andrews 1992, Harrison and Gu 1999, Kunimatsu 1997, Nengo et al. 2017 and Rossie and MacLatchy 2006

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

Subtaxa: Nyanzapithecus alesi Nyanzapithecus harrisoni Nyanzapithecus pickfordi Nyanzapithecus vancouveringorum

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Ecology: arboreal omnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Kenya (4 collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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