Simiolus Leakey and Leakey 1987 (monkey)

Mammalia - Primates - Dendropithecidae

Parent taxon: Dendropithecidae according to I. S. Zalmout et al. 2010

See also Anyonge 1991

Sister taxa: Dendropithecus, Micropithecus

Subtaxa: Simiolus enjiessi Simiolus minutus

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Ecology: arboreal omnivore

Distribution: found only at Locherangan, west of Lake Turkana (Miocene of Kenya)

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