Dryopithecini

Dryopithecini; Temporal range: Miocene
	Mandible fragment of Dryopithecus fontani from Saint-Gaudens, France (Middle Miocene, 11.5 Mya); cast from Museum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Primates
Suborder:	Haplorhini
Infraorder:	Simiiformes
Family:	Hominidae
Subfamily:	Homininae
Tribe:	†Dryopithecini
Genera
	Kenyapithecus; Danuvius; Ouranopithecus; Otavipithecus; Oreopithecus; Nakalipithecus; Anoiapithecus; Dryopithecus; Hispanopithecus; Pierolapithecus; Rudapithecus; Samburupithecus; Griphopithecus;

Dryopithecini is an extinct tribe of Eurasian and African great apes that are believed to be close to the ancestry of gorillas, chimpanzees and humans. Members of this tribe are known as dryopithecines.

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