Micropithecus

Micropithecus
Temporal range: Miocene
~19–15 Ma
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Haplorhini
Infraorder: Simiiformes
Parvorder: Catarrhini
Genus: †Micropithecus
Fleagle & Simons, 1978
Species
  • †M. clarki (Fleagle & Simons, 1978)
  • †M. leakeyorum (Harrison, 1989)
  • †M. chamtwaraensis (Pickford et al., 2021)

Micropithecus is an extinct genus of primates that lived in East Africa about 19 to 15 million years ago, during the early Miocene. The genus and its type species, Micropithecus clarki, were first scientifically described in 1978.[1]

  1. ^ John G. Fleagle and Elwyn L. Simons: Micropithecus clarki, a small ape from the Miocene of Uganda. In: American Journal of Physical Anthropology. Vol. 49, No. 4, 1978, pp. 427-440, doi:10.1002/ajpa.1330490402