Pliopithecidae
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The family Pliopithecidae is an extinct family of fossil catarrhines and members of the Pliopithecoidea superfamily.
Their anatomy combined primitive features such as a small braincase, a long snout, and a tail. At the same time, they possessed more advanced features such as stereoscopic vision and ape-like teeth and jaws, clearly distinguishing them from monkeys.[1]
Begun and Harrison divide the Pliopithecidae into subfamilies Pliopithecinae and Crouzeliinae.[2] Dionysopithecinae are sometimes placed here as a subfamily,[3] but Begun & Harrison place them in their own family, the Dionysopithecidae.[2]
Palaeoecology
Pliopithecids had a clear habitat preference for warm and humid habitats.[4]
References
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- The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Prehistoric World page 434.
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