Griphopithecus suessi

Griphopithecus suessi Temporal range: Miocene
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Primates
Suborder:	Haplorhini
Infraorder:	Simiiformes
Family:	Hominidae
Genus:	†Griphopithecus
Species:	†G. suessi
Binomial name
†Griphopithecus suessi Abel, 1902

Griphopithecus suessi is a prehistoric species of kenyapith hominid from the Miocene of Austria and Slovakia,^[1] dated to approximately 15 million years ago.^[2] G. suessi is based on a single lower molar, with three other isolated teeth and two fragmentary pieces of postcrania referred to it.^[3] Austriacopithecus is a synonym.^[4]

G. suessi has an estimated mean body weight of 48 kg (106 lb), similar to that observed in the common chimpanzee.^[2]

References

1. Kordos L. (2000). "New results of Hominoid research in the Carpathian Basin". Acta Biologica Szegediensis. 44 (1–4): 71–74.
2. David W. Cameron (2004). Hominid Adaptations and Extinctions. UNSW Press. pp. 76, 89, 100. ISBN 978-0-86840-716-6. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
3. Walter Carl Hartwig (11 April 2002). The Primate Fossil Record. Cambridge University Press. pp. 344–345. Bibcode:2002prfr.book.....H. ISBN 978-0-521-66315-1. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
4. Casanovas-Vilar, Isaac; Alba, David M.; Garcés, Miguel; Robles, Josep M.; Moyà-Solà, Salvador (5 April 2011). "Updated chronology for the Miocene hominoid radiation in Western Eurasia". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 108 (14): 5554–5559. Bibcode:2011PNAS..108.5554C. doi:10.1073/pnas.1018562108. PMC 3078397. PMID 21436034.