Oligopithecidae
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Extinct family of primates
Oligopithecidae | |
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Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Primates |
Suborder: | Haplorhini |
Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
Parvorder: | Catarrhini |
Family: | †Oligopithecidae Kay & Williams, 1994 |
Genera | |
Oligopithecidae is an extinct basal Catarrhine family from the late Eocene of Egypt (about 37 million years ago) as sister of the rest of the Catarrhines.[1] [2] [3] Its members were probably insectivorous, due to their simple molars and cusp arrangement.[4]
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