†Mesopithecus Wagner 1839 (monkey)
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Mammalia - Primates - Cercopithecidae
Parent taxon: Colobinae according to E. Delson et al. 2005
See also Heintz et al. 1981, Jablonski 2002, McKenna and Bell 1997 and Schlosser 1877
Sister taxa: Cercopithecoides, Colobini, Colobus, Dolichopithecus, Kuseracolobus, Nasalis, Paracolobus, Piliocolobus, Presbytis, Procolobus, Pygathrix, Rhinopithecus, Simias, Trachypithecus
Subtaxa: Mesopithecus monspessulanus Mesopithecus pentelicus
Ecology: arboreal frugivore-folivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Bulgaria (1 collection), Italy (1), Romania (1)
• Miocene of Afghanistan (1), Bulgaria (2), Greece (10), Italy (2), Macedonia (1), Ukraine (1)
Total: 20 collections each including a single occurrence
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