Afropithecus Temporal range: Miocene | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Primates |
Superfamily: | Hominoidea |
Epifamily: | †Proconsuloidae |
Family: | †Proconsulidae |
Subfamily: | †Afropithecinae |
Genus: | †Afropithecus |
Species: | †A. turkanensis |
Binomial name | |
Afropithecus turkanensis Leakey and Leakey, 1986 |
Afropithecus turkanensis was a Miocene hominoid. It was excavated near Lake Turkana, and was named by Richard and Meave Leakey.