†Parapithecus fraasi Schlosser 1911 (monkey)
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Mammalia - Primates - Parapithecidae
Belongs to Parapithecus according to E. L. Simons 2001
See also Gingerich 1978
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: SNM 12639a, a mandible (partially preserved mandible only lacking the right P2). Its type locality is Stuttgart Fayum collection, which is in a Rupelian terrestrial horizon in the Jebel Qatrani Formation of Egypt.
Ecology: arboreal omnivore
Distribution: found only at Stuttgart Fayum collection
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