Dionysopithecidae

Dionysopithecidae
Temporal range: Early Miocene–Pliocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Primates
Suborder:Haplorhini
Infraorder:Simiiformes
Parvorder:Catarrhini
Superfamily:†Pliopithecoidea
Family:†Dionysopithecidae
Genera

Dionysopithecus
Platodontopithecus

Dionysopithecidae is an extinct family of fossil catarrhines and the earliest known and most primitive members of the Pliopithecoidea superfamily, with fossils in Sihong in China dating to 18 - 17 million years ago for species Dionysopithecus shuangouensis and Platodontopithecus jianghuaiensis.[1]

A single lower molar found in Ban San Klang in Thailand is similar to those found in Sihong but sufficiently different to be considered a different species, Dionysopithecus orientalis.[1]

They are sometimes treated as a subfamily of Pliopithecidae as 'Dionysopithecinae'[2].

References

  1. 1 2 Harrison, Terry (2012). "Chapter 20 Catarrhine Origins". In Begun, David. A Companion To Paleoanthropology. Wiley Blackwell. ISBN 978-1-118-33237-5. Archived from the original on 2013.
  2. ↑ Harrison, T; Gu, Y (1999). Taxonomy and phylogenetic relationships of early Miocene catarrhines from Sihong, China.
  • The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Prehistoric World page 434.
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