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Algeripithecus minutus

DEFINITIONS OF: Algeripithecus minutus

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n 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

Type of:
hominoid
a primate of the superfamily Hominoidea
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