Rudapithecus
| Rudapithecus Temporal range:
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Suborder: | Haplorhini |
| Family: | Hominidae |
| Subfamily: | Homininae |
| Tribe: | †Dryopithecini |
| Genus: | †Rudapithecus Kretzoi, 1969 |
| Species: | †R. hungaricus
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| Binomial name | |
| †Rudapithecus hungaricus Kretzoi, 1969
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Rudapithecus is a chimpanzee-like genus of ape which inhabited Europe during the Late Miocene, around 10 million years ago. One species is known, Rudapithecus hungaricus. The generic name "Rudapithecus" comes from where it was discovered, in Rudabánya, Northern Hungary in 1965 and sent to Budapest in 1967. The specific name "hungaricus" refers to the country where it was discovered, in Hungary.