Pliopithecus

Taxobox
name = "Pliopithecus"
fossil_range = Late Miocene - Pliocene
regnum = Animalia

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image_caption = Mandible fragment of "Pliopithecus antiquus" from Sansan, France; cast from Museum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Primates
superfamilia = †Pliopithecoidea
familia = †Pliopithecidae
subfamilia = †Pliopithecinae
genus = †"Pliopithecus"
genus_authority = Gervais, 1849
subdivision_ranks = Paleospecies
subdivision = †"Pliopithecus antiquus"
†"Pliopithecus platyodon"
†"Pliopithecus zhanxiangi"
†"Pliopithecus piveteaui"

"Pliopithecus" is a genus of extinct primates of the Miocene and the Pliocene. It was discovered in the year 1837 by E. Lartet (1801–1871) in France. It is said to have long arms for climbing trees. [ [http://www.fmnh.helsinki.fi/users/haaramo/Metazoa/Deuterostoma/Chordata/Synapsida/Eutheria/Primates/Pliopithecoidea/Pliopithecidae.htm Mikko's Phylogeny Archive] ] "Anapithecus" is a close relative and was initially considered a subgenus of "Pliopithecus".

External links

* [http://www.fmnh.helsinki.fi/users/haaramo/Metazoa/Deuterostoma/Chordata/Synapsida/Eutheria/Primates/Pliopithecoidea/Pliopithecidae.htm Mikko's Phylogeny Archive]