Pliopithecidae
| Pliopithecidae Temporal range:
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| Dendropithecus macinnesifossil | |
Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Suborder: | Haplorhini |
| Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
| Parvorder: | Catarrhini |
| Superfamily: | †Pliopithecoidea |
| Family: | †Pliopithecidae |
| Subfamilies | |
The familyPliopithecidaeis an extinct family of fossilcatarrhinesand members of thePliopithecoideasuperfamily.
Their anatomy combined primitive features such as a small braincase, a long snout, and a tail. At the same time, they possessed more advanced features such asstereoscopic visionand ape-like teeth and jaws, clearly distinguishing them frommonkeys.[1]
Begun and Harrison divide the Pliopithecidae into subfamiliesPliopithecinaeandCrouzeliinae.[2]Dionysopithecinaeare sometimes placed here as a subfamily,[3]but Begun & Harrison place them in their own family, theDionysopithecidae.[2]
References
[edit]- ^Palmer, D., ed. (1999).The Marshall Illustrated Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Animals.London: Marshall Editions. pp. 290–291.ISBN1-84028-152-9.
- ^abHarrison, Terry (2012)."Chapter 20 Catarrhine Origins".In Begun, David (ed.).A Companion To Paleoanthropology.Wiley Blackwell.ISBN978-1-118-33237-5.Alt URL
- ^Harrison, T; Gu, Y (1999)."Taxonomy and phylogenetic relationships of early Miocene catarrhines from Sihong, China".Journal of Human Evolution.37(2): 225.Bibcode:1999JHumE..37..225H.doi:10.1006/jhev.1999.0310.
- The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Prehistoric World page 434.
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