The Nyanzapithecinae or Nyanzapithecines are a subfamily of extinct
Dendropithecidae
The family Dendropithecidae is an extinct family of catarrhine apes. They date from the Early Miocene, around 20-12 million years ago.
Fossils of the two ''Dendropithecus'' species, ''Dendropithecus macinnesi'' and ''Dendropithecus ugandensis'' ...
as sister of ''
Simiolus''. The group contains ''
Rangwapithecus'', ''
Turkanapithecus'', ''
Rukwapithecus'', ''
Oreopithecus
''Oreopithecus'' (from the Greek , and , , meaning "hill-ape") is an extinct genus of ape from the Miocene epoch whose fossils have been found in today's Tuscany and Sardinia in Italy. It existed 9–7 million years ago in the Tusco-Sardinian a ...
'', and
''Nyanzapithecus''. In the following tree the internal structure of Nyanzapithecinae of Nengo et al. is followed.
Nyanzapithecinae
Harrison, 2002
* ''
Nyanzapithecus
''Nyanzapithecus'' is an extinct genus of primate from the Middle Miocene of Maboko Island, Nyanza Province, Kenya. This genus is known from four species. It had an average body mass of around .
Taxonomy
Fifteen cranio-dental specimens of this s ...
''
Harrison, 1986
** ''Nyanzapithecus harrisoni''
Kunimatsu, 1997
** ''
Nyanzapithecus pickfordi''
Harrison, 1986
** ''Nyanzapithecus vancouveringorum''
Andrews, 1974
* ''
Mabokopithecus''
von Koenigswald, 1969
** ''Mabokopithecus clarki''
von Koenigswald, 1969
* ''
Rangwapithecus''
Andrews, 1974
** ''Rangwapithecus gordoni''
Andrews, 1974
* ''
Turkanapithecus''
Leakey & Leakey, 1986
** ''Turkanapithecus kalakolensis''
Leakey & Leakey, 1986
Nengo et al. suggest: "Nyanzapithecines were a long-lived and diverse group of Miocene hominoids that are probably close to the origin of crown hominoids."
References
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Dendropithecidae
Miocene primates of Africa