Dryopithecini
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Dryopithecini is an extinct tribe of Eurasian and African great apes that are believed to be close to the ancestry of gorillas, chimpanzees and humans. Members of this tribe are known as dryopithecines.
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- Parent taxon
- Homininae
- Image
- Dryopithecus fontani.jpg
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- taxon name
- Dryopithecini
- taxon rank
- tribe
- topic's main category
- Category:Dryopithecini
- start time
- 12000000-0
- end time
- 7000000-00
- time period
- Miocene
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Dryopithecini is an extinct tribe of Eurasian and African great apes that are believed to be close to the ancestry of gorillas, chimpanzees and humans. Members of this tribe are known as dryopithecines.
==Taxonomy== Tribe Dryopithecini† Kenyapithecus (?) Kenyapithecus wickeri Danuvius Danuvius guggenmosi Ouranopithecus Ouranopithecus macedoniensis Ouranopithecus turkae Otavipithecus (?) Otavipithecus namibiensis Oreopithecus (?) Oreopithecus bambolii Nakalipithecus Nakalipithecus nakayamai Anoiapithecus Anoiapithecus brevirostris Dryopithecus Dryopithecus fontani Hispanopithecus (?) Hispanopithecus laietanus Hispanopithecus crusafonti Pierolapithecus Pierolapithecus catalaunicus Rudapithecus (?) Rudapithecus hungaricus Samburupithecus Samburupithecus kiptalami Griphopithecus (?) Griphopithecus alpani Griphopithecus suessi
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