Nacholapithecus Ishida et al. 1999 (ape)

Mammalia - Primates - Proconsulidae

Full reference: H. Ishida, Y. Kunimatsu, M. Nakatsukasa and Y. Nakano. 1999. New hominoid genus from the Middle Miocene of Nachola, Kenya. Anthropological Science 107(2):189-191

Parent taxon: Proconsulidae according to I. S. Zalmout et al. 2010

See also Ishida et al. 1999

Sister taxa: Afropithecus, Heliopithecus, Morotopithecus, Nyanzapithecus, Proconsul, Proconsulinae, Rangwapithecus, Turkanapithecus, Xenopithecus

Subtaxa: Nacholapithecus kerioi

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Type: Nacholapithecus kerioi

Ecology: arboreal omnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Nacholapithecus in the database

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