Anapithecus
| Anapithecus Temporal range: Early Miocene | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Superfamily: | Pliopithecoidea |
| Family: | Pliopithecidae |
| Subfamily: | Pliopithecinae |
| Tribe: | Anapithecini |
| Genus: | Anapithecus† Kretzoi, 1975 |
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Anapithecus (pronounced Ana-PITH-i-kuhs; from Greek πίθηκος pithekos "ape") was an Early Miocene primate of the Pliopithecidae family. [1][2] They had a narrow range over eastern Europe from the Viennese Basin in Austria to northern Hungary. Many of the fossil specimens attributed to this genus were uncovered at the site of Rudabánya, northern Hungary.[3]
References
- ↑ Harrison, T. 2013 "Catarrhine Origins", A Companion to Paleoanthropology, First Edition. Edited by David R. Begun. © 2013 Blackwell Publishing Ltd. Published 2013 by Blackwell Publishing Ltd., Retrieved on 30 July 2014.
- ↑ Begun, D. 2002 Begun , D. R. , 2002 The Pliopithecoidea. In The Primate Fossil Record . W. C. Hartwig , ed. pp. 221 – 240 . Cambridge : Cambridge University Press., Retrieved on 30 July 2014.
- ↑ Deane et al., 2013 "New evidence for diet and niche partitioning in Rudapithecus and Anapithecus from Rudabánya, Hungary", The Journal of Human Evolution, Retrieved on 13 July 2014.