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Dryopithecini

Dryopithecini
Temporal range: Miocene 23.03–7.246 Ma
Dryopithecus fontani.jpg
mandible fragment of Dryopithecus fontani from Saint-Gaudens, France (Middle Miocene, 11.5 My) ; cast from Museum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Family: Hominidae
Subfamily: Homininae
Tribe: Dryopithecini
Genera

Oreopithecus
Nakalipithecus
Anoiapithecus
Dryopithecus
Rudapithecus
Samburupithecus


Oreopithecus
Nakalipithecus
Anoiapithecus
Dryopithecus
Rudapithecus
Samburupithecus

The dryopithecines consists of a tribe of Eurasian apes that are believed to be close to the ancestry of gorillas, chimpanzees and humans.



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