Dryopithecus chinjiensis Pilgrim 1915 (ape)

Mammalia - Primates - Hominidae

Full reference: G. E. Pilgrim. 1915. New Siwalik primates and their bearing on the question of the evolution of man and the anthropoidea. Records of the Geological Survey of India 45:1-74

Belongs to Dryopithecus according to G. E. Pilgrim 1915

Sister taxa: Dryopithecus (Rangwapithecus), Dryopithecus fontani, Dryopithecus mogharensis, Rangwapithecus (Ataxopithecus)

Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Dryopithecus chinjiensis in the database

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