Ankarapithecus

Ankarapithecus is a genus of extinct ape.It was probably frugivorous, and would have weighed about 27 kilograms (60 lb).Its remains were found close to Ankara in central Turkey beginning in the 1950s.[1] It lived during the Late Miocene[2] and was similar to Sivapithecus.The genus has one species, Ankarapithecus meteai, known as the Ankara monkey.
Late MioceneNatural History Museum, LondonScientific classificationEukaryotaAnimaliaChordataMammaliaPrimatesHaplorhiniSimiiformesHominidaePonginaeSivapitheciniBinomial nameextinctfrugivorousAnkaraTurkeySivapithecusOmomyidaeAltaniusAltiatlasiusBownomomysNecrolemurAnaptomorphinaeTeilhardinaChipetaiaNesomomysRooneyiaShoshoniusTarsiiformesArchicebusAfrotarsiidaeTarsiidaeCarlitoCephalopachusTarsiusNosmipsPhileosimiasAfrasiaAfrotarsiusEosimiidaeEosimiasAmphipithecidaeAmphipithecusGanleaParapithecoideaArsinoeaBiretiaProteopithecidaeSerapiaParapithecidaeApidiumParapithecusQatraniaPlatyrrhiniCanaanimicoBranisellaLagonimicoAotidaeTremacebusPitheciidaeAntillothrixCacajaoCallicebusCebupitheciaCheracebusChiropotesHomunculusInsulacebusMiocallicebusNuciruptorPitheciaPlecturocebusXenothrixAtelidaeAlouattaAtelesBrachytelesCaiporaCartellesChilecebusLagothrixMohanamicoOreonaxParalouattaProtopithecusSolimoeaStirtoniaCebidaeAcrecebusDolichocebusKillikaikePanamacebusPatasolaSaimiriSapajusCallitrichidaeCallimicoCallithrixCebuellaLeontocebusLeontopithecusMicodonSaguinusCatarrhiniMicropithecusSaadaniusOligopithecidaeCatopithecusOligopithecusPropliopithecidaeAegyptopithecusPropliopithecusPliopithecoideaPliopithecidaeEpipliopithecusPliopithecusDionysopithecidaeCrouzeliidaeAnapithecusPliobatesCercopithecoideaAlopheNoropithecusNsungwepithecusVictoriapithecusColobinaeCercopithecoidesColobusDolichopithecusLibypithecusMesopithecusMicrocolobusNasalisParacolobusParapresbytisPiliocolobusPresbytisProcolobusPygathrixRhinocolobusRhinopithecusSawecolobusSemnopithecusSimiasTrachypithecusCercopithecinaeCercopitheciniAllenopithecusAllochrocebusCercopithecusChlorocebusErythrocebusMiopithecusPapioniniCercocebusDinopithecusGorgopithecusLophocebusMacacaMandrillusParadolichopithecusParapapioPliopapioProcercocebusRungwecebusTheropithecusHominoideaAfropithecusEkemboEquatoriusGriphopithecusKamoyapithecusKenyapithecusMorotopithecusNacholapithecusOtavipithecusProconsulSamburupithecusDendropithecidaeDendropithecusNyanzapithecusOreopithecusRangwapithecusRukwapithecusSimiolusHylobatidaeBunopithecusHoolockHylobatesNomascusSymphalangusYuanmoupithecusBuroniusGraecopithecusNakalipithecusOuranopithecusGigantopithecusIndopithecusKhoratpithecusLufengpithecusMeganthropusHomininaeDryopitheciniAnoiapithecusDanuviusDryopithecusHispanopithecusPierolapithecusRudapithecusGorilliniChororapithecusGorillaHomininiHomininaArdipithecusAustralopithecusKenyanthropusOrrorinSahelanthropusParanthropusWikidataWikispeciesPaleobiology DatabaseOpen Tree of Lifeprehistoricprimate