Rudapithecus
Rudapithecus hungaricus was a chimpanzee-like[2] ape which inhabited Europe during the late Miocene, approximately 10 million years ago.[3][4]
| Rudapithecus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Suborder: | Haplorhini |
| Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
| Family: | Hominidae |
| Tribe: | †Dryopithecini |
| Genus: | †Rudapithecus Kretzoi, 1969 |
| Species: | †R. hungaricus |
| Binomial name | |
| †Rudapithecus hungaricus Kretzoi, 1969[1] | |
References
- Laszlo Kordos (1987). "Description and reconstruction of the skull of Rudapithecus hungaricus Kretzoi (Mammalia)". Annales Musei historico-naturalis hungarici. Hungarian Natural History Museum. 79. ISSN 0521-4726. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
- László Kordos: 50 years of Rudhapithecus (in Hungarian)
- University of Missouri (17 September 2019). "Rare 10 million-year-old fossil unearths new view of human evolution". Phys.org. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
- 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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