algeripithecus minutus

Noun
  1. Tiny (150 to 300 grams) extinct primate of 46 to 50 million years ago;
    Fossils found in Algeria;
    Considered by some authorities the leading candidate for the first anthropoid (synset 102482265)
    is a type of: hominoid - a primate of the superfamily Hominoidea
    belongs to: algeripithecus, genus algeripithecus - an extinct genus of Hominoidea

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