Oligopithecidae
| Oligopithecidae Temporal range: Late Eocene - Early Oligocene | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Suborder: | Haplorrhini |
| Parvorder: | Catarrhini |
| Superfamily: | †Propliopithecoidea |
| Family: | †Oligopithecidae Kay & Williams, 1994 |
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Oligopithecidae is an extinct primate family from the late Eocene of Egypt (about 37 million years ago). Its members were probably insectivorous due to their simple molars and cusp arrangement.[1] This family split off the lineage of Old World monkeys and apes sometime after the New World monkeys also split off.[2]
References
- ↑ Kay, R. F.; Ross, C.; Williams, B. (1997-02-07). "Anthropoid Origins". Science 275 (5301): 797–804. doi:10.1126/science.275.5301.797. PMID 9012340.
- ↑ Haaramo, M. "Mikko's Phylogeny Archive - Anthropoidea - monkeys and apes". Retrieved 2007-11-12.
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