Nyanzapithecus harrisoni Kunimatsu 1997 (ape)

Mammalia - Primates - Proconsulidae

Full reference: Y. Kunimatsu. 1997. New Species of Nyanzapithecus from Nachola, Northern Kenya. Anthropological Science 105:117-141

Belongs to Nyanzapithecus according to Y. Kunimatsu 1997

Sister taxa: Nyanzapithecus alesi, Nyanzapithecus pickfordi, Nyanzapithecus vancouveringorum

Type specimen: KNM-BG15237, a tooth (isolated right upper M2 crown)

Ecology: arboreal omnivore

Distribution: found only at Nyanzapithecus harrisoni - type locality (Miocene of Kenya)

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