Parapithecus
Appearance
Parapithecus | |
---|---|
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Primates |
Suborder: | Haplorhini |
Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
Family: | †Parapithecidae |
Genus: | †Parapithecus Schlosser, 1910 |
Species | |
|
Parapithecus is an extinct genus of primate that lived during the 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.There are of appearance is about 33 million years to 40 million years.
Bibliography
- K. Christopher Beard: Basal anthropoids. In Hartwig, Walter, ed. (2002. Reprinted 2004). The Primate Fossil Record. Cambridge University Press, pp. 133-149. ISBN 978-0-521-08141-2Template:Inconsistent citations
{{cite book}}
: Check date values in:|year=
(help)CS1 maint: postscript (link) CS1 maint: year (link)