Paradolichopithecus
Paradolichopithecus is an extinct genus of monkey once found throughout Eurasia. The type species, P. arvernensis, was a very large monkey, comparable in size to a mandrill. The genus was most closely related to macaques, sharing a very similar cranial morphology.[1]
| Paradolichopithecus Temporal range: Mid Pliocene-Early Pleistocene | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Suborder: | Haplorhini |
| Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
| Family: | Cercopithecidae |
| Subfamily: | Cercopithecinae |
| Tribe: | Papionini |
| Genus: | †Paradolichopithecus Necrasov, Samson & Radulesco, 1961 |
| Type species | |
| †Paradolichopithecus arvernensis (Depéret, 1929) | |
| Species | |
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†P. gansuensis | |
Paradolichopithecus was a terrestrial monkey generally believed to have developed a large body size as a response to predator pressure. Despite its close relation to macaques, it also shared a number of postcranial features with baboons. Its ankle joints also show a remarkable similarity with that of the hominid Australopithecus, and it has led to the idea that Paradolichopithecus may frequently have moved in a bipedal stance.[2]
References
- Nishimura, TD.;(2010). Nasal anatomy of Paradolichopithecus gansuensis (early Pleistocene, Longdan, China) with comments on phyletic relationships among the species of this genus
- Van Der Greer, A. A. E.; (2002) The postcranial elements of Paradolichopithecus arvernensis (Primates, Cercopithecidae, Papionini) from Lesvos, Greece
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