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Gorgopithecus

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Gorgopithecus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Haplorhini
Infraorder: Simiiformes
Family: Cercopithecidae
Subfamily: Cercopithecinae
Tribe: Papionini
Genus: Gorgopithecus
Broom & Robinson, 1948

Gorgopithecus is an extinct genus of primate, closely related to the baboons.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ R. Broom & J. T. Robinson (1948). "A new type of fossil baboon, Gorgopithecus major". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 119 (2): 379–386. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1949.tb00887.x.
  2. ^ "Fossilworks: Gorgopithecus". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 2016-05-29.