Fossil Primates

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What epoch did the Omomyidae exist?: Early to Late Eocene
Where did the Omomyidae exist?: Old and New Worlds
Where are the Omomyidae placed in phylogeny?: Tarsier-like
What Epoch did the Adapidae exist?: Early to Late Eocene
Where did the Adapidae exist?: Old and New Worlds
Where are the Adapidae placed in phylogeny?: Lemur-like
What Epoch did the Catopithecus exist?: Late Eocene
Where did the Catopithecus exist?: Fayum, Egypt
Where are the Catopithecus placed in phylogeny?: First true anthropoid, retains some prosimian traits
What epoch did the Aegyptopithecus exist?: Early Oligocene
Where did the Aegyptopithecus exist?: Fayum, Egypt
Where are the Aegyptopithecus placed in phylogeny?: Arboreal quadruped, first catarrhine
What epoch did the Parapithecidae (Apidium)exist?: Early Oligocene
Where did the Parapithecidae (Apidium) exist?: Fayum, Egypt
Where is the Parapithecidae placed in phylogeny?: Possible ancestor to New World Monkeys, 2:1:3:3 dental formula
What epoch did the Proconsul exist?: Early Miocene
Where did the Proconsul exist?: Rusinga Island, Kenya
Where is the Proconsul placed in phylogeny?: Dental ape, protohominoid
What epoch did the Victoriapithecus exist?: Early Miocene
Where did the Victoriapithecus exist?: Rusinga Island, Kenya
Where is the Victoriapithecus placed in phylogeny?: Ancestor of Cercopithecoids
What epoch did the Sivapithecus (Asian Ramapithecus) exist?: Middle Miocene
Where did the Sivapithecus (Asian Ramapithecus) exist?: Potwar Plateau, Pakistan
Where is the Sivapithecus (Asian Ramapithecus) place din phylogeny?: Ancestor to orangutans
What epoch did the Ouranopithecus (Ankarapithecus) exist?: Late Miocene
Where dit he Ouranopithecus (Ankarapithecus) exist?: Greece
Where is the Ouranopithecus (Ankarapithecus) placed in phylogeny?: Stem ancestor to African great apes
What epoch did the Laccopithecus exist?: Late Miocene
Where did the Laccopithecus exist?: Southern China
Where are the Laccopithecus placed in phylogeny?: Possible ancestor of gibbons
What epoch did the Australopithecus exist?: Pliocene (later members in Pleistocene)
Where did the Australopithecus exist?: East and South Africa
Where are the Australopithecus placed in phylogeny?: First definite bipeds in fossil record
What epoch did the Gigantopithecus exist?: Pleistocene
Where did the Gigantopithecus exist?: China and Southest Asia
Where are the Gigantopithecus placed in phylogeny?: Fourth great ape, only great ape to go extinct, largest primate ever

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