†superfamily Pliopithecoidea Zapfe 1961 (monkey)

Mammalia - Primates

Parent taxon: Catarrhini according to D.M. Alba and S. Moyà-Solà 2012

See also Alba et al. 2009, Begun 2002, Harrison et al. 1991, Harrison and Gu 1999, Moyà‐Solà et al. 2001 and Rossie and MacLatchy 2006

Sister taxa: Cercopithecoidea, Dendropithecoidea, Eucatarrhini, Hominoidea, Kalepithecus, Kamoyapithecus, Kansupithecus, Kogolepithecus, Krishnapithecus, Krishnapithecus krishnaii, Nyanzapithecinae, Pliobates, Propliopithecidae, Propliopithecoidea, Saadanioidea

Subtaxa: Crouzeliidae Lomorupithecus Pliopithecidae

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Ecology: arboreal omnivore

Distribution:

• Turolian of China (6 collections)

• Miocene of Austria (1), China (5), France (6), Germany (3), Hungary (1), Poland (2), Slovakia (2), Spain (2), Switzerland (1), Uganda (1)

Total: 30 collections including 32 occurrences

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