Gorgopithecus

Gorgopithecus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Family: Cercopithecidae
Tribe: Papionini
Genus: Gorgopithecus
Broom & Robinson, 1948

Gorgopithecus is an extinct genus of primate, closely related to the baboons.[1][2]

References

  1. R. Broom & J. T. Robinson (1948). "A new type of fossil baboon, Gorgopithecus major". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 119 (2): 379–386. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1949.tb00887.x.
  2. "Fossilworks: Gorgopithecus". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 2016-05-29.
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