Catopithecus

Catopithecus

Taxobox
name = "Catopithecus"
fossil_range = Late Eocene
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Primates
subordo = Haplorrhini
parvordo = Catarrhini
superfamilia = †Propliopithecoidea
familia = †Oligopithecidae
genus="†Catopithecus"
genus_authority = Simmons, 1989
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =
*"†C. browni" Simmons, 1989 (type)

"Catopithecus" is an extinct genus of oligopithecid primate from the late Eocene some 37 million years ago of Egypt. The type species is "C. browni".

ources

* "Vertebrate Palaeontology" by Michael J. Benton
* "The Origin and Evolution of Mammals (Oxford Biology)" by T. S. Kemp
* "The Beginning of the Age of Mammals" by Kenneth D. Rose

External links

* [http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=checkTaxonInfo&taxon_no=92596 "Catopithecus"] in the Paleobiology Database


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