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Noropithecus

Noropithecus
Temporal range: Early Miocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Haplorhini
Infraorder: Simiiformes
Family: Victoriapithecidae
Genus: Noropithecus
Miller et al. 2009
Type species
Noropithecus bulukensis
Miller et al. 2009

Noropithecus is an extinct Old World monkey uncovered from the Early Miocene formations of Buluk, Kenya. It is known from a fragment of a right mandible. It is believed to have been arboreal and omnivorous.[1]

References

  1. ^ 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. PMID 19640562.


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