Propliopithecus
Sign in to savePropliopithecus is an extinct genus of primate.
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It sits within the topics Fossil taxa described in 1910, Oligocene mammals of Africa and Oligocene primates.
Its subject is documented across 16 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Parent taxon
- Propliopithecidae
- Image
- Propliopithecus haeckeli mandible.JPG
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- taxon name
- Propliopithecus
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- Human-like dental features
- Palaeobiology
- Palaeoecology
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Propliopithecus is an extinct genus of primate.
The 40 cm (1 ft 4 in) long creature resembled today's gibbons. Its eyes faced forwards, giving it stereoscopic 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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Propliopithecus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.