Indopithecus
Indopithecus giganteus (lit. 'Indian ape') is an extinct species of large ape that lived in the late Miocene of the Siwalik Hills in northern India. Although frequently assigned to the more well-known genus Gigantopithecus, recent authors consider it to be a distinct genus in its own right.
| Indopithecus Temporal range: | |
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| Indopithecus jaw at the Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont in Sabadell, Catalonia | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Suborder: | Haplorhini |
| Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
| Family: | Hominidae |
| Genus: | †Indopithecus von Koenigswald, 1950 |
| Species: | †I. giganteus |
| Binomial name | |
| †Indopithecus giganteus (Pilgrim, 1915) | |
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