Biology:Parapithecus
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Parapithecus is an extinct genus of primate that lived during the Late Eocene-Earliest Oligocene in what is now Egypt. Its members are considered to be basal anthropoids and the genus is closely related to Apidium. There are two known species. They lived about 40 to 33 million years ago.[1]
Description
Parapithecus had an unusual dentition, which contained no adult lower incisors.[2] The upper dentition likely had four incisors.[3] This means the adult dental formula can be expressed as: Incisors: 2/0; Canines: 1/1; Premolars: 3/3; Molars: 3/3.
Palaeobiology
Palaeoecology
The dental microwear of Parapithecus was most similar to that of modern frugivorous primates, suggesting that Parapithecus fed mainly on fruits.[4]
Bibliography
- ↑ Hartwig, Walter, ed (2002). "Basal anthropoids". The Primate Fossil Record. Cambridge University Press. pp. 133–149. ISBN 978-0-521-08141-2. https://books.google.com/books?id=Ezm1OA_s6isC&q=hartwig+primate.
- ↑ "Parapithecus grangeri of the African Oligocene: an archaic catarrhine without lower incisors" (in en). Journal of Human Evolution 15 (3): 205–213. 1 March 1986. doi:10.1016/S0047-2484(86)80046-X. ISSN 0047-2484. Bibcode: 1986JHumE..15..205S.
- ↑ "The cranium of Parapithecus grangeri, an Egyptian Oligocene anthropoidean primate". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 98 (14): 7892–7897. July 2001. doi:10.1073/pnas.051003398. PMID 11438736. Bibcode: 2001PNAS...98.7892S.
- ↑ Teaford, Mark F.; Maas, Mary C.; Simons, Elwyn L. (December 1996). "Dental microwear and microstructure in early oligocene primates from the Fayum, Egypt: Implications for diet" (in en). American Journal of Physical Anthropology 101 (4): 527–543. doi:10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199612)101:4<527::AID-AJPA7>3.0.CO;2-S. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199612)101:43.0.CO;2-S. Retrieved 29 October 2025.
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