Propliopithecoidea

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Propliopithecoidea
Temporal range: Early Oligocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Haplorhini
Infraorder: Simiiformes
Parvorder: Catarrhini
Superfamily: †Propliopithecoidea

Propliopithecoidea is a superfamily of

catarrhine primates that inhabited Africa and the Arabian Peninsula during the Early Oligocene about 32 to 29 million years ago. Fossils have been found in Egypt, Oman and Angola. They are one of the earliest known families of catarrhines.[1][2]

They have a number of features in common with extant catarrhines, but also a number of features that are primitive and not found in later catarrhine families.[1]

There are five species, which are close enough that they can be viewed as a single genus. They have a body mass of 4–6 kg (6–8 kg for zeuxis), similar in size to modern Howler monkeys.[1]

Species

Propliopithecus ankelae

Propliopithecus chirobates

Propliopithecus haeckeli

Propliopithecus markgrafi aka Moeripithecus markgrafi
Taqah Propliopithecid
Propliopithecus zeuxis aka Aegyptopithecus zeuxis

Classification controversy

Szalay & Delson (1979), Andrews (1985), Harrison (1987) and Begun (2012) argue that the high degree of similarity means they should be placed in a single genus.

Moeripithecus and Propliopithecus[1] The Taqah Propliopithecid appears more basal, and as such not be part of a Propliopithecus sensu stricto clade.[5]

References

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  5. S2CID 89631627
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