Theropithecus oswaldi

Theropithecus oswaldi
Temporal range: Early to Middle Pleistocene
1 Million years ago
Fragmented jaw
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Haplorhini
Family: Cercopithecidae
Genus: Theropithecus
Species:
†T. oswaldi
Binomial name
†Theropithecus oswaldi
(Andrews, 1916)
Subspecies
  • †T. o. delsoni
  • † T. o. ecki
  • † T. o. oswaldi
Synonyms
  • Theropithecus atlanticus
  • Simopithecus oswaldi Andrews, 1916
  • Simopithecus jonathoni

Theropithecus oswaldi is an extinct species of Theropithecus from the Early to Middle Pleistocene of Kenya, Ethiopia, Tanzania, South Africa, Spain, Morocco, Algeria, and India. The species went extinct in South Africa around 1 million years ago. Having existed alongside hominins like Homo erectus, conflict with early humans likely played a role in their extinction, as a site has been found with many juveniles butchered.

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