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Otavipithecus namibiensis

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Otavipithecus namibiensis is an extinct ape from the Miocene of Namibia. The fossils were found at the Berg Aukas mines in the foothills of the Otavi mountains, which gave the genus its name. Glenn Conroy and colleagues described it in 1992, when it was the only non-hominin fossil ape known from Southern Africa. The remains are part of a lower jaw with molars, a partial frontal bone, a damaged ulna, a vertebra and a finger bone. It weighed an estimated 14 to 20 kilograms, and its thin-enamelled, unspecialised teeth imply a diet of soft vegetation such as fruit and young leaves. Its relationships are unclear.

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Classification
Diet
Herbivore 1
System (Realm)
Terrestrial 1
Living or Extinct
No 1
Conservation Status
Extinct 1
Body Size Band
Medium 1
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Hominidae, Taxa
Source Hominidae (Wikipedia)
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Source Otavipithecus (Wikipedia)Lead, location
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Miocene of Namibia
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1. Otavipithecus (Wikipedia)
  • Lead, extinct status
    is an extinct species of ape from the Miocene of Namibia
  • Lead, diet
    The unspecialised teeth have only a thin layer of enamel, implying a diet of soft vegetation such as fruit and young leaves.
  • Lead, location
    Miocene of Namibia
  • Body size
    Otavipithecus is estimated to have weighed between 14 and 20 kg.
  • Lead
    extinct species of ape from the Miocene of Namibia
  • In Group: Primate Species, Lead, primate group
    is an extinct species of ape from the Miocene of Namibia
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Hominidae (Wikipedia)
Child Taxon Of: Hominidae, Phylogeny, Fossil list, Otavipithecus namibiensis
Quote, Child Taxon Of: Hominidae, Phylogeny, Fossil list, Otavipithecus namibiensis
In addition to the extant species and subspecies, archaeologists, paleontologists, and anthropologists have discovered and classified numerous extinct great ape species as below, based on the taxonomy shown.
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