Heliopithecus Andrews and Martin 1987 (ape)

Mammalia - Primates - Proconsulidae

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

See also Andrews 1992

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

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: arboreal omnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Heliopithecus in the database

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