Propliopithecus

Propliopithecus

Taxobox
name = "Propliopithecus"
status = fossil
fossil_range = Mid Oligocene
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Primates
subordo = Haplorrhini
superfamilia = Hominoidea
familia = Pliopithecidae
genus = "Propliopithecus"

"Propliopithecus" is an extinct genus of ape.

The 40 cm (1 ft 4 in) long creature resembled today's gibbons. Its eyes faced forwards, giving it stereoscopical vision. "Propliopithecus" was most likely an omnivore. It is possible that "Propliopithecus" is the same creature as "Aegyptopithecus". If that would be the case the name "Propliopithecus" would take precedence over "Aegyptopithecus" according to ICZN rules, because it was coined earlier.cite book | last = Palmer | first = Douglas | title = The Marshall Illustrated Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs & Prehistoric animals | publisher = Marshall Editions Developments Ltd | year = 1999 | location = London | id = 3-8290-6747-X]

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