Mammalia - Primates - Oligopithecidae

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: Oligopithecidae according to R. F. Kay et al. 2004

See also Gunnell and Miller 2001, Simons 1989, Simons 1990, Simons et al. 1999 and Zalmout et al. 2010

Sister taxon: Talahpithecus

Subtaxa: Catopithecus browni

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Type: Catopithecus browni

Ecology: arboreal omnivore

Distribution: found only at Quarry L-41 (Jebel Qatrani Formation) (Oligocene of Egypt)

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