Biology:Ankarapithecus
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Short description: Extinct genus of primates
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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 |
| Subfamily: | Ponginae |
| Tribe: | †Sivapithecini |
| Genus: | †Ankarapithecus Alpagut et al., 1996 |
| Species: | †A. meteai
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| †Ankarapithecus meteai Alpagut et al., 1996
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Ankarapithecus is a genus of extinct ape. It was probably frugivorous, and would have weighed about 27 kilograms (60 lb). Its remains were found close to Ankara in central Turkey beginning in the 1950s.[1] It lived during the Late Miocene[2] and was similar to Sivapithecus.
References
- ↑ "Anthropologists Find Rare Kind of Ape Fossil" (in en-US). The New York Times. Associated Press. 1996-07-25. ISSN 0362-4331. https://www.nytimes.com/1996/07/25/us/anthropologists-find-rare-kind-of-ape-fossil.html.
- ↑ Begun, David R. and Güleç, Erskin. 1998. "Restoration of the type and palate of Ankarapithecus meteai: Taxonomic and phylogenetic implications". American Journal of Physical Anthropology 105: 279–314.
Wikidata ☰ Q3617612 entry
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