Parapithecus Schlosser 1911 (monkey)

Mammalia - Primates - Parapithecidae

Parent taxon: Parapithecinae according to S. G. Mattingly et al. 2021

See also Beard et al. 2016, Gingerich 1978, McKenna and Bell 1997, Seiffert et al. 2005, Simons 2001 and Simons and Kay 1983

Sister taxon: Simonsius

Subtaxa: Parapithecus fraasi

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Ecology: arboreal omnivore

Distribution: found only at Stuttgart Fayum collection (Oligocene of Egypt)

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