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]
| Noropithecus Temporal range: | |
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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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