†Aegyptopithecus Simons 1965 (monkey)
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Mammalia - Primates - Propliopithecidae
Full reference: E. L. Simons. 1965. New fossil apes from Egypt and the initial differentiation of Hominoidea. Nature 205:135-139
Parent taxon: Propliopithecidae according to R. F. Kay et al. 2004
See also Simons 1965, Simons et al. 1987 and Zalmout et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Oligopithecus, Propliopithecus
Subtaxa: Aegyptopithecus zeuxis
Ecology: arboreal omnivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Egypt (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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