Nakalipithecus

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Nakalipithecus
Temporal range: Tortonian, 9.9–9.8 Ma
Top and side views of the Nakalipithecus holotype, a jawbone and the molars
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Haplorhini
Infraorder: Simiiformes
Superfamily: Hominoidea
Family: Hominidae
Genus: Nakalipithecus
Kunimatsu et al., 2007
Species:
N. nakayamai
Binomial name
Nakalipithecus nakayamai
Kunimatsu et al., 2007

Nakalipithecus nakayamai is a fossil ape species. It was a discovery of a 10-million-year-old jawbone with teeth, in a volcanic mud in Nakali, Kenya. N. nakayamai is thought to have lived around 9.9 million to 9.8 million years ago. More teeth were found in the same place; eleven of them are thought to belong to this specimen.

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