Oligopithecus Simons 1962 (monkey)

Mammalia - Primates - Propliopithecidae

Full reference: E. L. Simons. 1962. Two new primate species from the African Oligocene. Postilla 64:1-12

Parent taxon: Propliopithecidae according to G. F. Gunnell and E. R. Miller 2001

See also McKenna and Bell 1997, Simons 1962 and Zalmout et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Aegyptopithecus, Propliopithecus

Subtaxa: Oligopithecus rogeri Oligopithecus savagei

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Type: Oligopithecus savagei

Ecology: arboreal omnivore

Distribution:

• Oligocene of Egypt (1 collection), Oman (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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