Catopithecus

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Catopithecus
Fossil range: Late Eocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Haplorrhini
Parvorder: Catarrhini
Superfamily: †Propliopithecoidea
Family: †Oligopithecidae
Genus: †Catopithecus
Simmons, 1989
Species
  • †C. browni Simmons, 1989 (type)

Catopithecus is an extinct genus of oligopithecid primate from the late Eocene some 37 million years ago of Egypt. The type species is C. browni.

[edit] Sources

  • Vertebrate Palaeontology by Michael J. Benton
  • The Origin and Evolution of Mammals (Oxford Biology) by T. S. Kemp
  • The Beginning of the Age of Mammals by Kenneth D. Rose

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