Dryopithecini

Dryopithecini
mandible fragment of Dryopithecus fontani from Saint-Gaudens, France (Middle Miocene, 11,5 My) ; cast from Museum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Family: Hominidae
Subfamily: Homininae
Tribe: Dryopithecini
Genera

Oreopithecus
Nakalipithecus
Anoiapithecus
Dryopithecus

The dryopithecines consists of a tribe of Eurasian apes that are believed to be close to the ancestry of gorillas, chimpanzees and humans.[1][2]

Taxonomy

References

  1. Haaramo, Mikko (2005-01-14). "Hominoidea". Mikko's Phylogeny Archive.
  2. Moyà-Solà, S.; Albab, David M.; Almécija, Sergio; Köhler, M et al. (2009). "A unique Middle Miocene European hominoid and the origins of the great ape and human clade". PNAS 106 (24): 9601–9606. doi:10.1073/pnas.0811730106. PMC 2701031. PMID 19487676. |first4= missing |last4= in Authors list (help).