Dryopithecine
Dryopithecini
Extinct tribe of apes
Dryopithecini is an extinct tribe of Eurasian and African great apes that are believed to be close to the ancestry of gorillas, chimpanzees and humans.[1][2] Members of this tribe are known as dryopithecines.
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Dryopithecini | |
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Mandible fragment of Dryopithecus fontani from Saint-Gaudens, France (Middle Miocene, 11.5 Mya); cast from Museum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Primates |
Suborder: | Haplorhini |
Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
Family: | Hominidae |
Subfamily: | Homininae |
Tribe: | †Dryopithecini |
Genera | |
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- Tribe Dryopithecini†
- Kenyapithecus (?)
- Kenyapithecus wickeri
- Danuvius
- Danuvius guggenmosi
- Ouranopithecus
- Otavipithecus (?)
- Otavipithecus namibiensis
- Oreopithecus (?)
- Oreopithecus bambolii
- Nakalipithecus
- Nakalipithecus nakayamai
- Anoiapithecus
- Anoiapithecus brevirostris
- Dryopithecus
- Dryopithecus fontani
- Hispanopithecus (?)
- Hispanopithecus laietanus
- Hispanopithecus crusafonti
- Pierolapithecus
- Pierolapithecus catalaunicus
- Rudapithecus (?)
- Rudapithecus hungaricus
- Samburupithecus
- Samburupithecus kiptalami
- Griphopithecus (?)
- Kenyapithecus (?)
- Haaramo, Mikko (2005-01-14). "Hominoidea". Mikko's Phylogeny Archive.
- Moya-Sola, S.; Alba, D. M.; Almecija, S.; Casanovas-Vilar, I.; Kohler, M.; De Esteban-Trivigno, S.; Robles, J. M.; Galindo, J.; Fortuny, J. (2009). "A unique Middle Miocene European hominoid and the origins of the great ape and human clade". PNAS. 106 (24): 9601–9606. Bibcode:2009PNAS..106.9601M. doi:10.1073/pnas.0811730106. PMC 2701031. PMID 19487676.
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