Named By: | Wu in 1987 |
Time Period: | Unavailable |
Location: | China, Yunnan Province |
Size: | Estimated to weigh around 50 kilograms |
Diet: | Herbivore |
Fossil(s): | Mostly teeth that number in the thousands, but also additional skull and post cranial remains |
Classification: | | Chordata | Mammalia | Primates | Hominidae | Ponginae | |
Also known as: | | Ramapithecus lufengensis | |
Lufengpithecus is a genus of extinct ape generally placed in the Ponginae subfamily. It is known from thousands of dental remains and a few skulls, it is a large ape thought to weigh about 50 kg (110 lb). It contains three species: L. lufengensis, L. hudienensis and L. keiyuanensis.