Dolichopithecus

Dolichopithecus is an extinct genus of Old World monkey that lived in Europe during the Late Miocene and Pliocene.

Dolichopithecus
Temporal range: Late Miocene - Mid Pliocene
Skull of Dolichopithecus ruscinensis
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Haplorhini
Infraorder: Simiiformes
Family: Cercopithecidae
Subfamily: Colobinae
Genus: Dolichopithecus
Dépéret, 1889
Type species
Dolichopithecus ruscinensis
Dépéret, 1889
Species
  • D. balcanicus
  • D. ruscinensis
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