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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Miocene of Namibia
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is an extinct species of ape from the Miocene of Namibia
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The unspecialised teeth have only a thin layer of enamel, implying a diet of soft vegetation such as fruit and young leaves.
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Miocene of Namibia
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Otavipithecus is estimated to have weighed between 14 and 20 kg.
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extinct species of ape from the Miocene of Namibia
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is an extinct species of ape from the Miocene of Namibia
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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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