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Paradolichopithecus
Extinct genus of Old World monkeys / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Paradolichopithecus is an extinct genus of cercopithecine monkey once found throughout Eurasia. The type species, P. arvernensis, was a very large monkey, comparable in size to a mandrill. The genus was most closely related to macaques, sharing a very similar cranial morphology.[1] The fossils attributed to Paradolichopithecus are known from the Early Pliocene to the Early Pleistocene of Europe (France, Spain, Greece, Romania, and Serbia) and Asia (Tajikistan and China).[2] The East Asian fossil genus Procynocephalus is considered by some to represent a senior synonym of Paradolichopithecus.[3]
Quick Facts Paradolichopithecus Temporal range: Pliocene-Early Pleistocene, Scientific classification ...
Paradolichopithecus Temporal range: Pliocene-Early Pleistocene | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Primates |
Suborder: | Haplorhini |
Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
Family: | Cercopithecidae |
Subfamily: | Cercopithecinae |
Tribe: | Papionini |
Genus: | †Paradolichopithecus Necrasov, Samson & Radulesco, 1961 |
Type species | |
†Paradolichopithecus arvernensis (Depéret, 1929) | |
Species | |
†P. gansuensis |
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