Lomorupithecus harrisoni 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

Belongs to Lomorupithecus according to J. B. Rossie and L. MacLatchy 2006

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: BUMP 266, a partial skull (partial face). Its type locality is Napak (Napak Member), which is in a Burdigalian floodplain horizon in Uganda.

Ecology: arboreal omnivore

Distribution: found only at Napak (Napak Member)

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