Oligopithecidae
Extinct family of primates
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Oligopithecidae is an extinct basal Catarrhine family from the late Eocene of Egypt (about 37 million years ago) as sister of the rest of the Catarrhines.[1][2][3] Its members were probably insectivorous, due to their simple molars and cusp arrangement.[4]
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Suborder: | Haplorhini |
| Parvorder: | Catarrhini |
| Family: | †Oligopithecidae Kay & Williams, 1994 |
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