Gorgopithecus

Gorgopithecus
Gorgopithecus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Family: Cercopithecidae
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. ^ http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=checkTaxonInfo&taxon_no=40860