†Noropithecus Miller et al. 2009 (monkey)
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Mammalia - Primates - Victoriapithecidae
Full reference: E. R. Miller, B. R. Benefit, M. L. McCrossin, J. M. Plavcan, M. G. Leakey, A. N. El-Barkooky, M. A. Hamdan, M. K. Abdel Gawad, S. M. Hassan and E. L. Simons. 2009. Systematics of early and middle Miocene Old World monkeys. Journal of Human Evolution 57:195-211
Parent taxon: Victoriapithecidae according to E. R. Miller et al. 2009
Sister taxa: Prohylobates, Victoriapithecus, Zaltanpithecus
Subtaxa: Noropithecus bulukensis
Type: Noropithecus bulukensis
Ecology: arboreal omnivore
Distribution: found only at Buluk (Miocene of Kenya)
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