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Oligopithecidae
Temporal range: Late Eocene - Early OligoceneScientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Primates Suborder: Haplorrhini Parvorder: Catarrhini Superfamily: †Propliopithecoidea Family: †Oligopithecidae
Kay & Williams, 1994Genera - †Proteopithecus
- †Catopithecus
- †Oligopithecus
Oligopithecidae is an extinct primate family from the late Eocene of Egypt (about 37 million years ago). Its members were probably insectivorous due to their simple molars and cusp arrangement.[1] This family split off the lineage of Old World monkeys and apes sometime after the New World monkeys also split off.[2]
References
- ^ Kay, R. F.; Ross, C.; Williams, B. (1997-02-07). "Anthropoid Origins". Science 275 (5301): 797–804. doi:10.1126/science.275.5301.797. PMID 9012340.
- ^ Haaramo, M. "Mikko's Phylogeny Archive - Anthropoidea - monkeys and apes". http://www.fmnh.helsinki.fi/users/haaramo/metazoa/Deuterostoma/Chordata/Synapsida/Eutheria/Primates/anthropoidea.htm#Oligopithecidae. Retrieved 2007-11-12.
External links
Categories:- Prehistoric primates
- Eocene mammals
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