Apidium - Apidium

Japanese: アピディウム - あぴでぃうむ
Apidium - Apidium

…A large number of Oligocene primate fossils have been excavated from the Faiyum region, located about 100 km southwest of Cairo, Egypt, and have been classified into six genera and nine species. Parapithecus and Apidium , in particular, form a single family and are well-known groups. The former is in a transitional position between prosimians and anthropoids due to many characteristics, while the latter evolved into Oreopithecus, once thought to be the oldest human species, and then became extinct. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "apidium" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…エジプトのカイロ南西約100kmの位置にあるファイユームから,これまでに多数の漸新世霊長類の化石が出土しており,6属9種に分類されている。とくにパラピテクスParapithecusとアピディウムApidiumは1科を構成し,いずれもよく知られたグループである。前者は多くの特徴によって原猿類と真猿類の移行的位置にあり,後者はかつて最古の人類ではないかと騒がれたオレオピテクスへと進化し,絶滅した。…

※「アピディウム」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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