Indopithecus

Indopithecus
Temporal range:
Indopithecus jaw at the Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont in Sabadell, Catalonia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Superfamily: Hominoidea
Family: Hominidae
Genus: †Indopithecus
von Koenigswald, 1950
Species:
†I. giganteus
Binomial name
†Indopithecus giganteus
(Pilgrim, 1915)

Indopithecus giganteus (lit. 'Indian ape') is an extinct species of large great ape that lived in the late Miocene of the Siwalik Hills in northern India. Although frequently assigned to the more well-known genus Gigantopithecus, recent authors consider it to be a distinct genus in its own right.

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