| Anapithecus Temporal range: Miocene
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Suborder: | Haplorhini |
| Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
| Family: | †Pliopithecidae |
| Subfamily: | †Crouzeliinae |
| Genus: | †Anapithecus Kretzoi, 1975 |
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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]
- ^ David, Begun (2002). Hartwig, Walter (ed.). The Primate Fossil Record (PDF). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 221–240. Bibcode:2002prfr.book.....H. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-25. Retrieved 2016-09-09.
- ^ Kordos, László; Begun, David (2001). "Primates from Rudabánya: allocation of specimens to individuals, sex and age categories". Journal of Human Evolution. 40 (1): 17–39. Bibcode:2001JHumE..40...17K. doi:10.1006/jhev.2000.0437. PMID 11139358.
- ^ Deane, Andrew S.; Nargolwalla, Mariam C.; Kordos, László; Begun, David R. (2013). "New evidence for diet and niche partitioning in Rudapithecus and Anapithecus from Rudabánya, Hungary". Journal of Human Evolution. 65 (6): 704–714. Bibcode:2013JHumE..65..704D. doi:10.1016/j.jhevol.2013.08.003. PMID 24034983.
- ^ 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. S2CID 4282657.