Order: Primates Infraorder: Catarrhini Family: Cercopithecidae Subfamily: Cercopithecinae Tribe: Papionini Genus: Pliopapio Species: Pliopapio alemui Between 1992 and 199 over 900 cercopithecoid specimens were recovered by the Middle Awash Research Project. The sample dates to about 4.39 million years ago. Two new species have been named based on the material recovered. One is a colobine [...]
Filed under: Catarrhini, Cercopithecidae, Cercopithecinae, Haplorrhini, Know Your Primate, Paleoanthropology, Pliopapio, Zooarchaeology | Comments Off
