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Afropithecus
Temporal range: 18–16 Ma
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Haplorhini
Infraorder: Simiiformes
Superfamily: Hominoidea
Family: †Afropithecidae
Genus: †Afropithecus
Leakey & Leakey, 1986
Species:
†A. turkanensis
Binomial name
†Afropithecus turkanensis
Leakey & Leakey, 1986

Afropithecus is a genus of Miocene hominoid with the sole species Afropithecus turkanensis, it was excavated from a small site near Lake Turkana called Kalodirr in northern Kenya in 1986 and named by Richard Leakey and Meave Leakey.[1] The estimated age of Afropithecus is between 16 and 18 million years old, which was determined with radiometric dating techniques and the geological studies conducted by Broschetto and Brown from the University of Utah.[1] In total there are 46 recovered specimens from Kalodirr relating to Afropithecus consisting of cranial, mandible, dentition and post-cranial remains. The type specimen of Afropithecus turkanensis is KNM-WK 16999.[1]

  1. ^ a b c Leakey RE, Leakey MG, Walker AC (July 1988). "Morphology of Afropithecus turkanensis from Kenya". Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. 76 (3): 289–307. doi:10.1002/ajpa.1330760303. PMID 3137824.

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