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Aegyptopithecus
''Aegyptopithecus'', which means "Egyptian Monkey", from Greek Αίγυπτος (Egypt) and πίθηκος (ape or monkey), is an early fossil anthropoid that predates the divergence between hominoids (apes and humans) and cercopithecids (Old World monkeys). It is known from a single species, ''Aegyptopithecus zeuxis'', which lived some 35-33 million years ago in the early part of the Oligocene epoch. It likely resembled modern-day New World monkeys (it is about the same size as a modern howler monkey, which is about 56 to 92 cm (22 to 36 in) long). ''Aegyptopithecus'' fossils have been found primarily in modern-day Egypt. ''Aegyptopithecus'' is believed to be a stem-catarrhine, a crucial link between Eocene and Miocene fossils.〔
''Aegyptopithecus zeuxis'' has become one of the best known extinct primates based on craniodental and postcranial remains.
== Discovery and taxonomy ==
''Aegyptopithecus'' was discovered by E. Simons in 1965 in the Jebel Qatrani Formation in the Fayum Province of Egypt.〔〔 There is controversy over whether or not ''Aegyptopithecus'' should be a genus on its own or whether it should be moved into the genus ''Propliopithecus''. If ''Aegyptopithecus'' is placed in its own genus, then there is one documented species named ''A. zeuxis''.〔 The type specimen for the species is CGM26901. Its scientific name means "linking Egyptian ape".
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