Dolichopithecus

Dolichopithecus
Temporal range: Late Miocene - Mid Pliocene
Skull of Dolichopithecus ruscinensis at the Gallery of Paleontology and Comparative Anatomy, Paris.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Haplorhini
Family: Cercopithecidae
Subfamily: Colobinae
Genus: †Dolichopithecus
Dépéret, 1889
Type species
†Dolichopithecus ruscinensis
Dépéret, 1889
Species
  • D. balcanicus
  • D. ruscinensis

Dolichopithecus is an extinct genus of Old World monkey that lived in Europe during the Late Miocene and Pliocene.

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