Oligopithecidae

Oligopithecidae
Temporal range: Late Eocene–Early Oligocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Haplorhini
Infraorder: Simiiformes
Parvorder: Catarrhini
Family: †Oligopithecidae
Kay & Williams, 1994
Genera

Oligopithecidae is an extinct basal Catarrhine family from the late Eocene of Egypt (about 37 million years ago) as sister of the rest of the Catarrhines.[1][2][3] Its members were probably insectivorous, due to their simple molars and cusp arrangement.[4]

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