Anapithecus
| Anapithecus Temporal range: Late Miocene | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Superfamily: | Pliopithecoidea |
| Family: | Pliopithecidae |
| Subfamily: | Crouzeliinae |
| Tribe: | Anapithecini |
| Genus: | Anapithecus† Kretzoi, 1975 |
| Species | |
Anapithecus (pronounced Ana-PITH-i-kuhs; from Greek πίθηκος pithekos "ape") is an Late Miocene (approximately 10 million years ago) Pliopithecoidea primate.[1][2]
Anapithecus 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, in northern Hungary, where it lived alongside the Miocene ape Rudapithecus.[3]
References
- ↑ Harrison, T. 2013 "Catarrhine Origins", A Companion to Paleoanthropology, First Edition. Edited by David R. Begun. 2013 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, Andrew S.; Nargolwalla, Mariam C.; Kordos, László; Begun, David R. (2013). "New evidence for diet and niche partitioning in Rudapithecus and Anapithecus from Rudabánya, Hungary". Journal of Human Evolution 65 (6): 704–714. doi:10.1016/j.jhevol.2013.08.003.
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