Mammalia - Primates - Cercopithecidae
Alternative combination: Semnopithecus monspessulanus
Full reference: P. Gervais. 1859. Zoologie et Paléontologie Françaises. Nouvelles Recherches sur les Animaux Vertébrés dont on Trouve les Ossements Enfouis dans le Sol de la France et sur leur Comparaison aves les Espèces Propres aux Autres Régions du Globe (Deuxième Edition) [French Zoology and Paleontology. New Research on Vertebrate Animals Whose Bones Are Found Buried in the Soil of France and their Comparison with Species Specific to Other Regions of the Globe (Second Edition)] 544
Belongs to Mesopithecus according to E. Delson et al. 2005
See also Gervais 1859 and Jablonski 2002
Sister taxon: Mesopithecus pentelicus
Ecology: arboreal frugivore-folivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Bulgaria (1 collection), Italy (1), Romania (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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