Lomorupithecus Rossie and MacLatchy 2006 (monkey)

Mammalia - Primates

Full reference: J. B. Rossie and L. MacLatchy. 2006. A new pliopithecoid genus from the early Miocene of Uganda. Journal of Human Evolution 50(5):568-586

Parent taxon: Pliopithecoidea according to J. B. Rossie and L. MacLatchy 2006

See also Zalmout et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Crouzeliidae, Pliopithecidae

Subtaxa: Lomorupithecus harrisoni

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Type: Lomorupithecus harrisoni

Ecology: arboreal omnivore

Distribution: found only at Napak (Napak Member) (Miocene of Uganda)

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