Noropithecus
| Noropithecus Temporal range:
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Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Suborder: | Haplorhini |
| Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
| Family: | †Victoriapithecidae |
| Genus: | †Noropithecus Milleret al. 2009 |
| Type species | |
| Noropithecus bulukensis Miller et al. 2009
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Noropithecusis anextinctOld World monkeyuncovered from theEarly Mioceneformations ofBuluk,Kenya.It is known from a fragment of a rightmandible.It is believed to have beenarborealandomnivorous.[1]
References
[edit]- ^Miller, E.R.;B.R. Benefit;M.L. McCrossin;J.M. Plavcan;M.G. Leakey;A.N. El-Barkooky;M.A. Hamdan;M.K. Abdel Gawad;S.M. Hassan&E.L. Simons(2009). "Systematics of early and middle Miocene Old World monkeys".J Hum Evol.57(3): 195–211.Bibcode:2009JHumE..57..195M.doi:10.1016/j.jhevol.2009.06.006.PMID19640562.
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