Rudapithecus

Rudapithecus
Temporal range: Miocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Family: Hominidae
Subfamily: Homininae
Tribe: Dryopithecini
Genus: Rudapithecus
Kretzoi, 19695
Species: R. hungaricus
Binomial name
Rudapithecus hungaricus

Rudapithecus hungaricus was a large bodied ape which inhabited Europe during the late Miocene, approximately 10 million years ago.[1]

References

  1. Begun, David (2009). "Dryopithecins, Darwin, de Bonis, and the European origin of the African apes and human clade". GEODIVERSITAS. 3 (1): 789–816.
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