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HELIOPITHECUS
(hel-e-o-pf-e-cus)
meaning: "Sun ape"
Named By: Andrews and Martin in 1987
Time Period: Miocene16 Ma
Location: Saudi Arabia
Size: Unavailable
Diet: Herbivore
Fossil(s): Partial left maxilla (upper jaw) and four teeth
Classification: | Chordata | Mammalia | Primates | Hominoidea | Proconsulidae |
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Heliopithecus is an extinct genus of primates that existed 16 million years ago during the Miocene epoch. Fragmentary fossil remains of a jaw and isolated teeth were found in Saudi Arabia which have been described as belonging to H. leakeyi. Some authors regard Heliopithecus as synonymous with Afropithecus.

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