Parapithecus

Parapithecus; Temporal range: Eocene-Oligocene, 40–33 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Mandible of P. grangeri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Primates
Suborder:	Haplorhini
Infraorder:	Simiiformes
Family:	†Parapithecidae
Genus:	†Parapithecus; Schlosser, 1910
Species
	P. fraasi Schlosser, 1910; P. grangeri Simons, 1974;

Short description: Extinct genus of primates

Parapithecus is an extinct genus of primate that lived during the Late Eocene-Earliest Oligocene in what is now Egypt. Its members are considered to be basal anthropoids and the genus is closely related to Apidium. There are two known species. They lived about 40 to 33 million years ago.^[1]

Parapithecus had an unusual dentition, which contained no adult lower incisors.^[2] The upper dentition likely had four incisors.^[3] This means the adult dental formula can be expressed as: Incisors: 2/0; Canines: 1/1; Premolars: 3/3; Molars: 3/3.

Bibliography

↑ Hartwig, Walter, ed (2002). "Basal anthropoids". The Primate Fossil Record. Cambridge University Press. pp. 133–149. ISBN 978-0-521-08141-2. https://books.google.com/books?id=Ezm1OA_s6isC&q=hartwig+primate.
↑ "Parapithecus grangeri of the African Oligocene: an archaic catarrhine without lower incisors" (in en). Journal of Human Evolution 15 (3): 205–213. 1986-03-01. doi:10.1016/S0047-2484(86)80046-X. ISSN 0047-2484.
↑ "The cranium of Parapithecus grangeri, an Egyptian Oligocene anthropoidean primate". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 98 (14): 7892–7897. July 2001. doi:10.1073/pnas.051003398. PMID 11438736. Bibcode: 2001PNAS...98.7892S.

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[1] Hartwig, Walter, ed (2002). "Basal anthropoids". The Primate Fossil Record. Cambridge University Press. pp. 133–149. ISBN 978-0-521-08141-2. https://books.google.com/books?id=Ezm1OA_s6isC&q=hartwig+primate.

[2] "Parapithecus grangeri of the African Oligocene: an archaic catarrhine without lower incisors" (in en). Journal of Human Evolution 15 (3): 205–213. 1986-03-01. doi:10.1016/S0047-2484(86)80046-X. ISSN 0047-2484.

[3] "The cranium of Parapithecus grangeri, an Egyptian Oligocene anthropoidean primate". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 98 (14): 7892–7897. July 2001. doi:10.1073/pnas.051003398. PMID 11438736. Bibcode: 2001PNAS...98.7892S.

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Parapithecus Temporal range: Eocene-Oligocene, 40–33 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N

Mandible of P. grangeri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Primates
Suborder:	Haplorhini
Infraorder:	Simiiformes
Family:	†Parapithecidae
Genus:	†Parapithecus Schlosser, 1910
Species
P. fraasi Schlosser, 1910 P. grangeri Simons, 1974

Parapithecus

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