†Afropithecus Leakey and Leakey 1986 (ape)
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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
Ecology: arboreal omnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Kenya (2 collections), Uganda (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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