†Bunopithecus sericus Matthew and Granger 1923 (gibbon)
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Mammalia - Primates - Hylobatidae
Alternative combination: Hylobates (Bunopithecus) sericus
Full reference: W.D. Matthew and W.T. Granger. 1923. New fossil mammals from the Pliocene of Sze-chuan, China. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 48(17):564-598
Belongs to Bunopithecus according to A. Mootnick and C. Groves 2005
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: AMNH 18534, a mandible (lower jaw with m2-m3 on the left side). Its type locality is Yen-ching-kao, which is in a Pleistocene/Pleistocene terrestrial horizon in China.
Ecology: arboreal frugivore-folivore
Distribution: found only at Yen-ching-kao
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