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 | |
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.