Noropithecus
| Noropithecus Temporal range:
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Suborder: | Haplorhini |
| Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
| Family: | †Victoriapithecidae |
| Genus: | †Noropithecus Miller et al. 2009 |
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| Noropithecus bulukensis Miller et al. 2009
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Noropithecus is an extinct Old World monkey uncovered from the Early Miocene formations of Buluk, Kenya. It is known from a fragment of a right mandible. It is believed to have been arboreal and omnivorous.[1]
References
- ^ Miller, E.R., B.R. Benefit, M.L. McCrossin, J.M. Plavcan, M.G. Leakey, A.N. El-Barkooky, M.A. Hamdan, M.K. Abdel Gawad, S.M. Hassan & E.L. Simons (2009). "Systematics of early and middle Miocene Old World monkeys". J of Human Evol. 57: 195–211. doi:10.1016/j.jhevol.2009.06.006.
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