Mammalia - Primates - Propliopithecidae
Alternative combination: Aeolopithecus chirobates
Full reference: E. L. Simons. 1965. New fossil apes from Egypt and the initial differentiation of Hominoidea. Nature 205:135-139
Belongs to Propliopithecus according to E. L. Simons et al. 2007
See also Gingerich 1978 and Simons 1965
Sister taxa: Propliopithecus ankeli, Propliopithecus haeckeli
Type specimen: CGM 26923, a mandible (complete horizontal rami of mandible fused at symphysis with incisor alveoli and left and right C-M3). Its type locality is Quarry I (Jebel Qatrani Formation), which is in a Rupelian fluvial sandstone/mudstone in the Jebel Qatrani Formation of Egypt.
Ecology: arboreal omnivore
Distribution: found only at Quarry I (Jebel Qatrani Formation)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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