Afropithecus Leakey and Leakey 1986 (ape)

Mammalia - Primates - Proconsulidae

Full reference: R. E. Leakey and M. G. Leakey. 1986. A new Miocene hominoid from Kenya. Nature 324(13):143-146

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

See also Andrews 1992, Anyonge 1991 and Leakey and Leakey 1986

Sister taxa: Heliopithecus, Morotopithecus, Nacholapithecus, Nyanzapithecus, Proconsul, Proconsulinae, Rangwapithecus, Turkanapithecus, Xenopithecus

Subtaxa: Afropithecus turkanensis

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Ecology: arboreal omnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Kenya (2 collections), Uganda (1)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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