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†family Propliopithecidae Straus 1961 (monkey)

Mammalia - Primates - Propliopithecidae

Parent taxon: Catarrhini according to R. F. Kay et al. 2004

See also Gunnell and Miller 2001, Harrison and Gu 1999, Simons 1989 and Simons et al. 1987

Sister taxa: Cercopithecoidea, Dendropithecoidea, Eucatarrhini, Hominoidea, Kalepithecus, Kamoyapithecus, Kansupithecus, Kogolepithecus, Krishnapithecus, Krishnapithecus krishnaii, Nyanzapithecinae, Pliobates, Pliopithecoidea, Propliopithecoidea, Saadanioidea

Subtaxa: Aegyptopithecus Oligopithecus Propliopithecus

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Ecology: arboreal omnivore

Distribution:

• Oligocene of Egypt (6 collections), Oman (1)

Total: 7 collections including 12 occurrences

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