''Rangwapithecus'' is an extinct genus of ape from the Early
Miocene of Kenya. Late Miocene phalanges from Hungary have also been assigned to this genus, but were later reclassified as ''
Dryopithecus''.
Description
''Rangwapithecus'' weighed approximately and the size and shape of the ape's teeth indicate that it was a
folivore. An arboreal ape from the earliest
Miocene adapted to life in the rainforest, it is associated particularly with
Mfangano Island although the species previously inhabited a woodland-bushland environment.
Taxonomy
''Rangwapithecus'' was
sympatric
In biology, two related species or populations are considered sympatric when they exist in the same geographic area and thus frequently encounter one another. An initially interbreeding population that splits into two or more distinct species sh ...
with ''
Proconsul'', and may be synonymous with both ''Proconsul gordoni'' and ''Proconsul vancouveringi''. It is also similar to another species found in Africa. ''Rangwapithecus gordoni'' and ''P. africanus'' are similarly sized though they differ morphologically, and both are restricted to Koru and
Songhur.
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Prehistoric apes
Miocene primates of Africa
Prehistoric primate genera
Cenozoic mammals of Africa
Fossil taxa described in 1974