Bunopithecus Temporal range: Middle |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Primates |
Family: | Hylobatidae |
Genus: |
Bunopithecus Matthew & Granger, 1923 |
Species | |
†Bunopithecus sericus |
†Bunopithecus sericus
Bunopithecus is an extinct genus of primate represented by one species, Bunopithecus sericus, a gibbon or gibbon-like ape. Its remains were first discovered in Sichuan, China, in strata from the .
Although the two hoolock gibbon species were once included in the Bunopithecus genus, they have recently been removed and B. sericus remains as the only known species of this genus.