Pliopithecus

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Pliopithecus
Fossil range: Late Miocene - Pliocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Superfamily: †Pliopithecoidea
Family: †Pliopithecidae
Subfamily: †Pliopithecinae
Genus: †Pliopithecus
Gervais, 1849
Paleospecies

†Pliopithecus antiquus
†Pliopithecus platyodon
†Pliopithecus zhanxiangi
†Pliopithecus piveteaui

Pliopithecus is a genus of extinct primates of the Miocene and the Pliocene. It was discovered in the year 1837 by E. Lartet (1801–1871) in France. Anapithecus is a close relative and was initially considered a subgenus of Pliopithecus.

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