Parapithecus
| Parapithecus | |
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| Mandible of P. grangeri | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Suborder: | Haplorhini |
| Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
| Family: | †Parapithecidae |
| Genus: | †Parapithecus Schlosser, 1910 |
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Parapithecus is an extinct genus of primate that lived during the Late Eocene-Earliest Oligocene in what is now Egypt. Its members are considered to be basal anthropoids and the genus is closely related to Apidium. There are two known species. They lived about 40 to 33 million years ago.[1]
Parapithecus had an unusual dentition, which contained no lower incisors and potentially also no upper upper incisors. This means the adult dental formula can be expressed as: Incisors: ?/0; Canines: 1/1; Premolars: 3/3; Molars: 3/3.[2]
Bibliography
- ^ Beard, K. Christopher (2002). "Basal anthropoids". In Hartwig, Walter (ed.). The Primate Fossil Record. Cambridge University Press. pp. 133–149. ISBN 978-0-521-08141-2.
- ^ Simons, Elwyn L. (1986-03-01). "Parapithecus grangeri of the African Oligocene: an archaic catarrhine without lower incisors". Journal of Human Evolution. 15 (3): 205–213. doi:10.1016/S0047-2484(86)80046-X. ISSN 0047-2484.
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