Oreopithecidae - Oreopithecus

Japanese: オレオピテクス科 - おれおぴてくすか
Oreopithecidae - Oreopithecus

...The Oligocene is a period with few primate fossils, but a variety of fossils have been unearthed at Fayoum in Egypt, each of which has important significance as a link between primitive protopithenes and anthropoids. These include Aegyptopithecus of the Ceratopogonidae family, Apidium and Parapithecus of the Oreopithecidae family, and Aeolopithecus , Oligopithecus , and Propliopithecus , which are undoubtedly classified as hominoids. The first capuchin monkey, Dolichocebus , was also discovered in Argentina. ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to the "Oreopithecidae" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…漸新世は霊長類化石の乏しい時代であるが,エジプトのファユウムでは多彩な化石が出土しており,その一つ一つは原始原猿類と真猿類をつなぐ重要な意味をもつものである。ショウジョウ科のエジプトピテクスAegyptopithecus,オレオピテクス科OreopithecidaeのアピジウムApidiumとパラピテクスParapithecus,ヒト上科に入ることはまちがいないとされるエオロピテクスAeolopithecus,オリゴピテクスOligopithecus,プロプリオピテクスPropliopithecusなどである。またアルゼンチンで最初のオマキザル,ドリコケブスDolichocebusが発見されている。…

※「オレオピテクス科」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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