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Otavipithecus

Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Theria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Ordo: Primates
Subordo: Haplorrhini
Infraordo: Simiiformes
Parvordo: Catarrhini
Superfamilia: incertae sedis
Genus: †Otavipithecus
Species: O. namibiensis

Name

†Otavipithecus Conroy et al., 1992

References

Conroy, Pickford, Senut, van Couvering & Mein 1992: Otavipithecus namibiensis, first Miocene hominoid from southern Africa. Nature (London), 356: 144-148.

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