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thumb|left|Pliopithecus antiquus jaw seen from above

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thumb|left|Pliopithecus antiquus jaw seen from above

Pliopithecus (meaning "more ape") is a genus of extinct primates of the Miocene. It was discovered in 1837 by Édouard Lartet (1801–1871) in France, with fossils subsequently discovered in Switzerland, Slovakia and Spain.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pliopithecus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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