Dendropithecus

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: †Dendropithecoidea
Familia: †Dendropithecidae
Genus: †Dendropithecus
Species: D. macinnesi - D. orientalis

Name

†Dendropithecus Andrews & Simons, 1977

Type species

Limnopithecus macinnesi Clark and Leakey, 1950

References

Andrews, P.; Simons, E. 1977: A new African Miocene gibbon-like genus, Dendropithecus (Hominoidea, Primates) with distinctive postcranial adaptations: its significance to origin of Hylobatidae. Folia Primatologica, 28(3): 161-169.
Suteethorn, Buffetaut, Buffetaut-Tong, Ducrocq, Helmcke-Ingavat, Jaeger & Jongkanjanasoontorn 1990: A hominoid locality in the Middle Miocene of Thailand. Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences Serie II Mecanique-Physique-Chimie Sciences de l'Univers Sciences de la Terre, 113: 1449-1454.

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Dendropithecus is an extinct genus of apes native to East Africa between 20 and 15 million years ago. It may have been the ancestor of modern gibbons, which it resembled in some respects.[2]

Dendropithecus was a slender ape, about 60 centimetres (2.0 ft) in body length. The structure of its arms suggest that it would have been able to brachiate, swinging between trees by its arms, but that it would not have been as efficient at this form of movement as modern gibbons. However, its teeth suggest a very gibbon-like diet, likely consisting of fruit, soft leaves, and flowers.[2]

References

^ Andrews, P; Simons, E (1977). "A new Arican miocene gibbon-like genus, Dendropithecus (hominoidea, primates) with distinctive postcranial adaptations: Its significance to origin of hylobatidae". Folia primatologica; international journal of primatology 28 (3): 161–9. PMID 914128.
^ a b Palmer, D., ed (1999). The Marshall Illustrated Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Animals. London: Marshall Editions. p. 291. ISBN 1-84028-152-9.