Griphopithecus suessi

Griphopithecus suessi; Temporal range: Miocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Primates
Suborder:	Haplorhini
Infraorder:	Simiiformes
Family:	Hominidae
Genus:	† Griphopithecus
Species:	†G. suessi
Binomial name
	†Griphopithecus suessi; Abel, 1902

Last updated August 22, 2025

Griphopithecus suessi (or Griphopithecus darwini) is a prehistoric species of hominid from the Miocene of Austria and Slovakia,^[1] dated to approximately 15 million years ago.^[2]G. suessi is based on a single lower molar, with three other isolated teeth and two fragmentary pieces of postcrania referred to it.^[3]Austriacopithecus is a synonym.^[4]

G. suessi has an estimated mean body weight of 48 kg (106 lb), similar to that observed in the common chimpanzee.^[2]

References

↑ Kordos L. (2000). "New results of Hominoid research in the Carpathian Basin". Acta Biologica Szegediensis. 44 (1–4): 71–74.
1 2 David W. Cameron (2004). Hominid Adaptations and Extinctions. UNSW Press. pp. 76, 89, 100. ISBN 978-0-86840-716-6 . Retrieved 16 August 2013.
↑ Walter Carl Hartwig (11 April 2002). The Primate Fossil Record. Cambridge University Press. pp. 344–345. Bibcode:2002prfr.book.....H. ISBN 978-0-521-66315-1 . Retrieved 16 August 2013.
↑ Casanovas-Vilar, Isaac; Alba, David M.; Garcés, Miguel; Robles, Josep M.; Moyà-Solà, Salvador (5 April 2011). "Updated chronology for the Miocene hominoid radiation in Western Eurasia". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 108 (14): 5554–5559. Bibcode:2011PNAS..108.5554C. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1018562108 . PMC 3078397 . PMID 21436034.

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[1] Kordos L. (2000). "New results of Hominoid research in the Carpathian Basin". Acta Biologica Szegediensis. 44 (1–4): 71–74.

[Cameron2004-2] 1 2 David W. Cameron (2004). Hominid Adaptations and Extinctions. UNSW Press. pp. 76, 89, 100. ISBN 978-0-86840-716-6 . Retrieved 16 August 2013.

[Hartwig2002-3] Walter Carl Hartwig (11 April 2002). The Primate Fossil Record. Cambridge University Press. pp. 344–345. Bibcode:2002prfr.book.....H. ISBN 978-0-521-66315-1 . Retrieved 16 August 2013.

[4] Casanovas-Vilar, Isaac; Alba, David M.; Garcés, Miguel; Robles, Josep M.; Moyà-Solà, Salvador (5 April 2011). "Updated chronology for the Miocene hominoid radiation in Western Eurasia". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 108 (14): 5554–5559. Bibcode:2011PNAS..108.5554C. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1018562108 . PMC 3078397 . PMID 21436034.

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