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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: | Hominidae |
| Tribe: | †Lufengpithecini |
| Genus: | †Lufengpithecus Wu, 1987 |
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Lufengpithecus (lit. 'Lufeng ape') is an extinct genus of ape, known from the Late Miocene of East Asia. It is known from thousands of dental remains and a few skulls and probably weighed about 50 kg (110 lb).[1] It contains three species: L. lufengensis, L. hudienensis and L. keiyuanensis. Lufengpithecus lufengensis is from the Late Miocene found in China,[2] named after the Lufeng site[2] and dated around 6.2 Ma.[3] Lufengpithecus is either thought to be the sister group to Ponginae, or the sister to the clade containing Ponginae and Homininae.[4]
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- ^ Lu, Li-Li; Yao, Yi-Feng; Wang, Guo-An; Xie, Gan; Lu, Kai-Qing; Sun, Bin; Li, Jin-Feng; Bruch, Angela A.; Ferguson, David K.; Cui, Yi-Ming; Wang, Qiang; Zhou, Xin-Ying; Gao, Feng; Wang, Yu-Fei (2023-03-22). "Palaeobotanical evidence reveals the living conditions of Miocene Lufengpithecus in East Asia". BMC Plant Biology. 23 (1): 155. doi:10.1186/s12870-023-04165-3. ISSN 1471-2229. PMC 10031969. PMID 36945024.