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Oreopithecus
Taxonomy
Oreopithecus was named by Gervais (1872). It is not extant.
It was assigned to Oreopithecidae by Simons (1960) and McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Hominidae by Andrews (1992), Harrison and Gu (1999) and Abbazzi et al. (2008).
It was assigned to Oreopithecidae by Simons (1960) and McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Hominidae by Andrews (1992), Harrison and Gu (1999) and Abbazzi et al. (2008).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1872 | Oreopithecus Gervais |
| 1960 | Oreopithecus Simons p. 826 |
| 1992 | Oreopithecus Andrews p. 644 |
| 1997 | Oreopithecus McKenna and Bell |
| 1999 | Oreopithecus Harrison and Gu p. 266 |
| 2008 | Oreopithecus Abbazzi et al. p. 429 |
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