Pliobates

Pliobates cataloniae is a species of stem-ape that was found to be the sister taxon to gibbons and great apes like humans.[1] Its anatomy is gibbon-like; prior to this discovery, it was assumed that the ancestral ape bauplan was robust like Proconsul.[2] This species has mosaic characteristics of primitive, monkey-like features and the more derived ape characteristics; it was, however, not a direct ancestor of modern apes but rather a side-branch that retained the ancestral morphotype and was thus placed in its own family Pliobatidae.[3]

Pliobates Temporal range: Miocene PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Primates
Suborder:	Haplorhini
Infraorder:	Simiiformes
Superfamily:	Hominoidea
Family:	†Pliobatidae Alba et al. 2015[1]
Genus:	†Pliobates Alba et al. 2015[1]
Species:	†P. cataloniae
Binomial name
†Pliobates cataloniae Alba et al. 2015[1]