Apidium

Japanese: 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. …

From [Primates]

...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 explanations that mention "Apidium" are listed below.

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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。…

【霊長類】より

…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。…

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