†Nyanzapithecus pickfordi Harrison 1986 (ape)
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Mammalia - Primates - Proconsulidae
Full reference: T. Harrison. 1986. New fossil anthropoids from the Middle Miocene of East Africa and their bearing on the origin of the Oreopithecidae. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 71:265-284
Belongs to Nyanzapithecus according to T. Harrison 1986
Sister taxa: Nyanzapithecus alesi, Nyanzapithecus harrisoni, Nyanzapithecus vancouveringorum
Type specimen: KNM-MB 11645, a tooth (Left upper M1)
Ecology: arboreal omnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Kenya (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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