Mammalia - Primates

Alternative spelling: Oligopithecinae

Full reference: E. L. Simons. 1989. Description of two genera and species of Late Eocene Anthropoidea from Egypt. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 86:9956-9960

Parent taxon: Anthropoidea according to R. F. Kay et al. 2004

Sister taxa: Afrotarsiidae, Amphipithecidae, Catarrhini, Eosimiidae, Hapalidae, Parapithecoidea, Platyrrhini, Proteopithecidae, Protoanthropoidea

Subtaxa: Catopithecus, Talahpithecus

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Ecology: arboreal omnivore