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Dryopithecini Temporal range: Miocene 23.03–7.246 Ma |
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| mandible fragment of Dryopithecus fontani from Saint-Gaudens, France (Middle Miocene, 11.5 My) ; cast from Museum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Family: | Hominidae |
| Subfamily: | Homininae |
| Tribe: | Dryopithecini |
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Oreopithecus |
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Oreopithecus
Nakalipithecus
Anoiapithecus
Dryopithecus
Rudapithecus
Samburupithecus
The dryopithecines consists of a tribe of Eurasian apes that are believed to be close to the ancestry of gorillas, chimpanzees and humans.