Gorgopithecus
| Gorgopithecus | |
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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: | Cercopithecidae |
| Subfamily: | Cercopithecinae |
| Tribe: | Papionini |
| Genus: | †Gorgopithecus Broom & Robinson, 1948 |
Gorgopithecus is an extinct genus of primate, in the old word monkey family Cercopithecidae, closely related to the baboons.[1][2]
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Fossilworks: Gorgopithecus". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 2016-05-29.
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