†Gigantopithecus von Koenigswald 1935 (ape)
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Mammalia - Primates - Hominidae
Full reference: G. H. R. von Koenigswald. 1935. Eine fossile Saügetierfauna mit Simia aus Südchina. Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen. SerB Palaeontol Geol Phys Chem Anthropol 38:872-879
Parent taxon: Ramapithecinae according to R. F. Kay 1982
See also McKenna and Bell 1997, Pilbeam et al. 1977 and Simons and Chopra 1969
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Gigantopithecus bilaspurensis Gigantopithecus blacki Gigantopithecus giganteus
Type: Gigantopithecus blacki
Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of China (7 collections), Vietnam (2)
• Miocene of India (1)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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