''Griphopithecus'' is a prehistoric
ape
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from the
Miocene
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of
Turkey
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and
Central Europe
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.
Description
''Griphopithecus'' has been consistently grouped with stem hominoids. The material therefore indicates the range of hominoid locomotor anatomy in mid-Miocene Europe, rather than a specifically crown hominoid anatomy.
Species
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Griphopithecus alpani''
Tekkaya, 1974
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Griphopithecus suessi''
Abel, 1902
See also
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Graecopithecus
''Graecopithecus'' is an extinct genus of hominid that lived in southeast Europe during the late Miocene around 7.2 million years ago. Originally identified by a single lower jawbone bearing teeth found in Pyrgos Vasilissis, Athens, Greece, in ...
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Pierolapithecus''
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Anoiapithecus''
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Ouranopithecus''
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Sivapithecus''
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Lufengpithecus
''Lufengpithecus'' () is an Extinction, extinct genus of ape, known from the Late Miocene of East Asia. It is known from thousands of Dental anatomy, dental remains and a few skulls and probably weighed about . It contains three species: ''L. luf ...
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Gigantopithecus
''Gigantopithecus'' ( ) is an extinct genus of ape that lived in southern China from 2 million to approximately 300,000–200,000 years ago during the Early Pleistocene, Early to Middle Pleistocene, represented by one species, ''Gigantopithecus ...
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Khoratpithecus''
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Chororapithecus
''Chororapithecus'' is an extinct great ape from the Afar region of Ethiopia roughly 8 million years ago during the Late Miocene, comprising one species, ''C. abyssinicus''. It is known from 9 isolated teeth discovered in a 2005–2007 survey of ...
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References
External links
Planet of the Apes (Scientific American/August, 2003)
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Dryopithecini
Miocene primates of Europe
Fossil taxa described in 1902
Prehistoric Anatolia
Prehistoric apes
Prehistoric primate genera
Miocene primates of Asia