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Libypithecus

Extinct single-species genus of primates

Libypithecus markgrafi is an extinct species of primate that lived in the Late Miocene. It is the only species described in the genus Libypithecus.

Libypithecus

Libypithecus
Temporal range: Late Miocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Placentalia
Order: Primates
Family: Cercopithecidae
Subfamily: incertae sedis
Genus: Libypithecus
Stromer, 1913
Type species
Libypithecus markgrafi
Stromer, 1913

Libypithecus markgrafi is an extinct species of primate that lived in the Late Miocene.[1] It is the only species described in the genus Libypithecus.

References

  1. Todd C. Rae; Olav Röhrer-Ertl; Claus-Peter Wallner; Thomas Koppe (2007). "Paranasal pneumatization of two Late Miocene colobines: Mesopithecus and Libypithecus (Cercopithecidae: Primates)". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 27 (3): 768–771. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2007)27[768:PPOTLM]2.0.CO;2. S2CID 85777762.