Rhinopithecus lantianensis Hu and Qi 1978 (snub-nosed monkey)

Mammalia - Primates - Cercopithecidae

Belongs to Rhinopithecus according to Hu and Qi 1978

See also Jablonski 2002

Sister taxa: Rhinopithecus (Rhinopithecus), Rhinopithecus avunculus, Rhinopithecus bieti, Rhinopithecus brelichi, Rhinopithecus roxellana, Rhinopithecus strykeri, Rhinopithecus tingianus

Type specimen: IVPP V2934.1, a mandible

Ecology: arboreal frugivore-folivore

Distribution: found only at Huanglong Cave (Quaternary of China)

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