Oligopithecidae

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Oligopithecidae
Fossil range: Late Eocene - Early Oligocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Haplorrhini
Parvorder: Catarrhini
Superfamily: †Propliopithecoidea
Family: †Oligopithecidae
Kay & Williams, 1994
Genera

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]

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  1. ^ Kay, R. F.; Ross, C.; Williams, B. (1997-02-07). "Anthropoid Origins". Science 275 (5301): 797 - 804. doi:10.1126/science.275.5301.797. 
  2. ^ Haaramo, M. Mikko's Phylogeny Archive - Anthropoidea - monkeys and apes. Retrieved on 2007-11-12.

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