Dinopithecus
Dinopithecus Temporal range: Pliocene | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Primates |
Family: | Cercopithecidae |
Genus: | †Dinopithecus Broom, 1936 |
Species: | †D. ingens |
Binomial name | |
†Dinopithecus ingens | |
Dinopithecus was an extinct genus of giant baboon (as big as a grown man) that lived during the Pliocene of South Africa. Males grew to 5 feet tall (1.52 m), but females were limited in size to 4 feet (1.22 m) tall.[1]
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