†family Oligopithecidae Simons 1989 (monkey)

Mammalia - Primates - Oligopithecidae

Alternative spelling: Oligopithecinae

Full reference: E. L. Simons. 1989. Description of two genera and species of Late Eocene Anthropoidea from Egypt. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 86:9956-9960

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

See also Beard et al. 1994 and Simons 1989

Sister taxa: Afrotarsiidae, Amamria, Amphipithecidae, Arctopithecini, Aseanpithecus, Catarrhini, Eosimiidae, Neopithecini, Paleopithecini, Parapithecoidea, Perupithecus, Platyrrhini, Proteopithecidae, Notnamaia, Aotidae, Protoanthropoidea

Subtaxa: Catopithecus Talahpithecus

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Ecology: arboreal omnivore

Distribution:

• Oligocene of Egypt (2 collections), Oman (1)

• Eocene of Libya (1)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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