Dryopithecini is an extinct tribe of Eurasian and African great apes that are believed to be close to the ancestry of
gorilla
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s,
chimpanzee
The chimpanzee (; ''Pan troglodytes''), also simply known as the chimp, is a species of Hominidae, great ape native to the forests and savannahs of tropical Africa. It has four confirmed subspecies and a fifth proposed one. When its close rel ...
s and
human
Humans (''Homo sapiens'') or modern humans are the most common and widespread species of primate, and the last surviving species of the genus ''Homo''. They are Hominidae, great apes characterized by their Prehistory of nakedness and clothing ...
s.
Members of this tribe are known as dryopithecines.
Taxonomy
* Tribe Dryopithecini
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** ''
Kenyapithecus (?)''
*** ''Kenyapithecus wickeri''
**''
Danuvius''
*** ''Danuvius guggenmosi''
** ''
Ouranopithecus''
*** ''
Ouranopithecus macedoniensis''
*** ''
Ouranopithecus turkae''
** ''
Otavipithecus (?)''
*** ''Otavipithecus namibiensis''
** ''
Oreopithecus (?)''
*** ''Oreopithecus bambolii''
** ''
Nakalipithecus''
*** ''Nakalipithecus nakayamai''
** ''
Anoiapithecus''
*** ''Anoiapithecus brevirostris''
** ''
Dryopithecus
''Dryopithecus'' is a genus of extinct great apes from the middle–late Miocene boundary of Europe 12.5 to 11.1 million years ago (mya). Since its discovery in 1856, the genus has been subject to taxonomic turmoil, with numerous new species b ...
''
*** ''Dryopithecus fontani''
** ''
Hispanopithecus (?)''
*** ''Hispanopithecus laietanus''
*** ''Hispanopithecus crusafonti''
** ''
Pierolapithecus''
*** ''Pierolapithecus catalaunicus''
** ''
Rudapithecus (?)''
*** ''Rudapithecus hungaricus''
** ''
Samburupithecus
''Samburupithecus'' is an extinct primate that lived in Kenya during the middle to late Miocene. The one species in this genus, ''Samburupithecus kiptalami'', is known only from a maxilla fragment dated to 9.5 million years ago discovered in 198 ...
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*** ''Samburupithecus kiptalami''
** ''
Griphopithecus (?)''
*** ''
Griphopithecus alpani''
*** ''
Griphopithecus suessi''
References
Homininae
Prehistoric apes
Miocene first appearances
Miocene extinctions
Mammal tribes
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