Dionysopithecidae
Extinct family of primates From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dionysopithecidae is an extinct family of fossil catarrhines and the earliest-known and most primitive members of the Pliopithecoidea superfamily, with fossils in Sihong, China dating to 18–17 million years ago for species Dionysopithecus shuangouensis and Platodontopithecus jianghuaiensis.[1]
| Dionysopithecidae Temporal range: 18–17 Million years ago | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Suborder: | Haplorhini |
| Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
| Parvorder: | Catarrhini |
| Superfamily: | †Pliopithecoidea |
| Family: | †Dionysopithecidae |
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A single lower molar found in Ban San Klang in Thailand is similar to those found in Sihong but sufficiently different to be considered a different species, Dionysopithecus orientalis.[1]
They are sometimes treated as a subfamily of Pliopithecidae as 'Dionysopithecinae'.[2]
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