Talahpithecus Jaeger et al. 2010 (monkey)

Mammalia - Primates - Oligopithecidae

Full reference: J.-J. Jaeger, K. C. Beard, Y. Chaimanee, M. Salem, M. Benammi, O. Hlal, P. Coster, A. A. Bilal, P. Duringer, M. Schuster, X. Valentin, B. Marandat, L. Marivaux, E. Metais, O. Hammuda and M. Brunet. 2010. Late middle Eocene epoch of Libya yields earliest known radiation of African anthropoids. Nature 467:1095-1098

Parent taxon: Oligopithecidae according to J.-J. Jaeger et al. 2010

Sister taxon: Catopithecus

Subtaxa: Talahpithecus parvus

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Type: Talahpithecus parvus

Ecology: arboreal omnivore

Distribution: found only at Dur At-Talah, DT-Loc. 1 (Eocene to Eocene of Libya)

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