Parapithecus

Parapithecus; Temporal range: Eocene-Oligocene, 40–33 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Mandible of P. grangeri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Primates
Suborder:	Haplorhini
Infraorder:	Simiiformes
Family:	†Parapithecidae
Genus:	†Parapithecus; Schlosser, 1910
Species
	P. fraasi Schlosser, 1910; P. grangeri Simons, 1974;

Parapithecus is an extinct genus of primate that lived during the Late Eocene-Earliest Oligocene in what is now Egypt. Its members are considered to be basal anthropoids and the genus is closely related to Apidium. There are two known species. There are of appearance is about 33 million years to 40 million years.[1]

Bibliography

Beard, K. Christopher (2002). "Basal anthropoids". In Hartwig, Walter (ed.). The Primate Fossil Record. Cambridge University Press. pp. 133–149. ISBN 978-0-521-08141-2.

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[1] Beard, K. Christopher (2002). "Basal anthropoids". In Hartwig, Walter (ed.). The Primate Fossil Record. Cambridge University Press. pp. 133–149. ISBN 978-0-521-08141-2.