Afropithecusn.
/ˌafrə(ʊ)ˈpɪθᵻkəs/, U.S. /ˌæfrəˈpɪθᵻkəs/ Palaeontology.
A large extinct ape, Afropithecus turkanensis, known from mid Miocene fossil remains found in northern Kenya, and dated to between 16 and 18 million years ago. Also: the genus Afropithecus itself.
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Dryopithecus1862
Sivapithecus1915
Australopithecus1925
Proconsul1933
Ramapithecus1934
Plesianthropus1938
australopithecine1941
australopith1949
Kenyapithecus1961
ramapithecine1972
Afropithecus1986
1986 R. E. Leakey & M. G. Leakey in Nature 13 Nov. 144/2 Afropithecus displays characters typical of a variety of Miocene hominids combined in a single taxon.
1996 P. Andrews et al. in R. L. Bernor et al. Evol. Western Eurasian Neogene Mammal Faunas ii. xii. 177/2 This tribe [sc. Afropithecini] includes Afropithecus, Heliopithecus, and some of the fossils previously attributed to Kenyapithecus.
2005 C. Stringer & P. Andrews Compl. World Human Evol. ii. 96/2 Afropithecus was adapted to an extremely hard diet that required large and robust teeth protected by thick enamel.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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