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Dryopithecus is a genus of extinct great apes from the middle–late Miocene boundary of Europe 12.5 to 11.1 million years ago (mya). Since its discovery in 1856, the genus has been subject to taxonomic turmoil, with numerous new species being described from single remains based on minute differences amongst each other, and the fragmentary nature of the holotype specimen makes differentiating ...
Dryopithecus is found as fossils in Miocene and Pliocene deposits (23 to 2.6 million years old) and apparently originated in Africa. Several distinct forms of Dryopithecus are known, including small, medium, and large, gorilla-sized animals.
26 paź 2019 · Name: Dryopithecus (Greek for "tree ape"); pronounced DRY-oh-pith-ECK-us Habitat: Woodlands of Eurasia and Africa Historical Epoch: Middle Miocene (15-10 million years ago)
24 sie 2016 · A Dictionary of Biology. *Dryopithecus* A genus of extinct apes, fossils of which have been found in Europe [1] and Asia [2] and dated to the mid-Miocene (about 16–7 million years ago). Fossils of Dryopithecus and of the similar genus Proconsul are often referred to as dryopithecines.
1 cze 2006 · Within two million years four new species of Dryopithecus would evolve and span the region from northwestern Spain to the Republic of Georgia. But where Dryopithecus belongs on the hominoid...
Dryopithecus and adaptations in Miocene great apes 175 in Africa, para-Tethian basins of Europe stretching from Spain to Turkey, sub Himalayan Siwaliks of India, Pakistan and China. The first records of pongid material date back from India (1879), Africa (1918), Europe (1856), and more recently from the Middle East (1965).
11 sty 1996 · We report here the recent discovery of an extraordinary partial skeleton of Dryopithecus laietanus from Can Llobateres (Spain).
