Griphopithecus Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Primates |
Suborder: | Haplorhini |
Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
Family: | Hominidae |
Subfamily: | † Dryopithecinae |
Tribe: | † Kenyapithecini |
Genus: | †
Griphopithecus Abel 1902 [1] |
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Griphopithecus is a prehistoric ape from the Miocene of Turkey and Central Europe.
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.