Libypithecus

Libypithecus markgrafi
Temporal range: Late Miocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Family: Cercopithecidae
Subfamily: Colobinae
Genus: Libypithceus
Stromer, 1913
Species: L. markgrafi
Binomial name
Libypithecus markgrafi
Stromer, 1913

Libypithecus markgrafi is an extinct genus of primate that lived in the Late Miocene.[1]

References

  1. Todd C. Rae, Olav Röhrer-Ertl, Claus-Peter Wallner & Thomas Koppe (2007). "Paranasal pneumatization of two Late Miocene colobines: Mesopithecus and Libypithecus (Cercopithecidae: Primates)". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27 (3): 768–771. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2007)27[768:PPOTLM]2.0.CO;2.
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