Dryopithecini

Dryopithecini Temporal range: Miocene 23.03–7.246 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
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

The dryopithecines consists of a tribe of Eurasian apes that are believed to be close to the ancestry of gorillas, chimpanzees and humans.^[1][2]

Taxonomy

• Tribe Dryopithecini†
  • Oreopithecus (placement disputed)
    • Oreopithecus bambolii
  • Nakalipithecus
    • Nakalipithecus nakayamai
  • Anoiapithecus
    • Anoiapithecus brevirostris
  • Dryopithecus
    • Dryopithecus wuduensis
    • Dryopithecus fontani
    • Dryopithecus brancoi
    • Dryopithecus laietanus
    • Dryopithecus crusafonti

References

1. Haaramo, Mikko (2005-01-14). "Hominoidea". Mikko's Phylogeny Archive.
2. Moya-Sola, S.; Alba, D. M.; Almecija, S.; Casanovas-Vilar, I.; Kohler, M.; De Esteban-Trivigno, S.; Robles, J. M.; Galindo, J.; Fortuny, J. (2009). "A unique Middle Miocene European hominoid and the origins of the great ape and human clade". PNAS. 106 (24): 9601–9606. doi:10.1073/pnas.0811730106. PMC 2701031. PMID 19487676..