Griphopithecus suessi Temporal range: Miocene
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Primates |
Suborder: | Haplorhini |
Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
Family: | Hominidae |
Genus: | †Griphopithecus |
Species: | †G. suessi
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Binomial name | |
†Griphopithecus suessi Abel, 1902
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Griphopithecus suessi is a prehistoric species of kenyapith hominid from the Miocene of Austria and Slovakia,[1] dated to approximately 15 million years ago.[2] G. suessi is based on a single lower molar, with three other isolated teeth and two fragmentary pieces of postcrania referred to it.[3] Austriacopithecus is a synonym.[4]
G. suessi has an estimated mean body weight of 48 kg (106 lb), similar to that observed in the common chimpanzee.[2]