Anapithecus (pronounced Ana-PITH-i-kuhs; from Greek πίθηκος pithekos "ape") is a late Miocene primate (10 million years old) known from fossil locations in Hungary and Austria.[1] Many Anapithecus fossils come from the site of Rudabánya, in northern Hungary, where Anapithecus lived alongside the ape Rudapithecus.[2][3] The only species in the genus, Anapithecus hernyaki, is named after Gabor Hernyák, chief geologist of the Iron Ore Works of Rudabánya.[4]
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^Kretzoi, Miklós (1975). "New Ramapithecines and Pliopithecus from the Lower Pliocene of Rudabánya in north-eastern Hungary". American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 257 (5527): 578–581. Bibcode:1975Natur.257..578K. doi:10.1038/257578a0. S2CID4282657.