Noropithecus
Extinct genus of Old World monkeys / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
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Noropithecus | |
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Scientific 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 |
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