The Nyanzapithecinae or Nyanzapithecines are a subfamily of extinct
Dendropithecidae
The family Dendropithecidae is an extinct family of catarrhine monkeys. They date from the Early Miocene, around 20 - 12 million years ago.
Fossils of the two ''Dendropithecus'' species, ''Dendropithecus macinnesi'' and ''Dendropithecus ugandens ...
as sister of ''
Simiolus''. The group contains ''
Rangwapithecus
''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 app ...
'', ''
Turkanapithecus'', ''
Rukwapithecus'', ''
Oreopithecus
''Oreopithecus'' (from the Greek , and , , meaning "hill-ape") is an extinct genus of hominoid primate from the Miocene epoch whose fossils have been found in today's Tuscany and Sardinia in Italy. It existed nine to seven million years ago in ...
'', and
''Nyanzapithecus''. In the following tree the internal structure of Nyanzapithecinae of Nengo et al. is followed.
Nyanzapithecinae
Harrison, 2002
* ''
Nyanzapithecus
''Nyanzapithecus pickfordi'' is an extinct species of primate from the Middle Miocene of Maboko Island, Nyanza Province, Kenya. It had an average body mass of around .
Taxonomy
Fifteen cranio-dental specimens of this species were collected from ...
''
Harrison, 1986
** ''Nyanzapithecus harrisoni''
Kunimatsu, 1997
** ''
Nyanzapithecus pickfordi
''Nyanzapithecus pickfordi'' is an extinct species of primate from the Middle Miocene of Maboko Island, Nyanza Province, Kenya. It had an average body mass of around .
Taxonomy
Fifteen cranio-dental specimens of this species were collected fro ...
''
Harrison, 1986
** ''Nyanzapithecus vancouveringorum''
Andrews, 1974
* ''
Mabokopithecus''
von Koenigswald, 1969
** ''Mabokopithecus clarki''
von Koenigswald, 1969
* ''
Rangwapithecus
''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 app ...
''
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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Miocene primates of Africa