Parapithecus fraasi Schlosser 1911 (monkey)

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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