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Heliopithecus

Scientific name: Heliopithecus leakeyi

Officially approvedEntity code: ENT-0035

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সৌদি আরবের জীবাশ্ম এপ
Fossiler Menschenaffe aus Saudi-Arabien
Simio fósil de Arabia Saudí
میمون انسان‌نمای فسیلی از عربستان سعودی
Grand singe fossile d'Arabie saoudite
सऊदी अरब का जीवाश्म कपि
Kera besar fosil dari Arab Saudi
Mawas fosil dari Arab Saudi
Símio fóssil da Arábia Saudita
Ископаемая человекообразная обезьяна из Саудовской Аравии
Suudi Arabistan'dan fosil insansı maymun
سعودی عرب کا فوسل بن مانس
沙特阿拉伯的化石猿类

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1Leakey, Leakey & Walker 1988 — Morphology of Afropithecus turkanensis from KenyaSRC-273
2Conroy, Lichtman & Martin 1995 — Enamel thickness and prism packing in the Miocene hominoid Otavipithecus namibiensisSRC-274
3Paleobiology Database — Heliopithecus Andrews and Martin 1987SRC-227
4Andrews & Martin 1987 — The phyletic position of the Ad Dabtiyah hominoidSRC-092
5Andrews, Hamilton & Whybrow 1978 — Dryopithecines from the Miocene of Saudi ArabiaSRC-093
6GBIF Backbone Taxonomy — Heliopithecus Andrews & Martin, 1987SRC-234
7Fuss, Uhlig & Böhme 2018 — Earliest evidence of caries lesion in hominids reveal sugar-rich diet for a Middle Miocene dryopithecine from EuropeSRC-275

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Heliopithecus leakeyi is a Miocene fossil ape (hominoid) from Ad Dabtiyah in eastern Saudi Arabia; its genus was named by Andrews and Martin in 1987.

SRC-227 · SRC-092 · SRC-093

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3Paleobiology Database — Heliopithecus Andrews and Martin 1987SRC-227
4Andrews & Martin 1987 — The phyletic position of the Ad Dabtiyah hominoidSRC-092
5Andrews, Hamilton & Whybrow 1978 — Dryopithecines from the Miocene of Saudi ArabiaSRC-093

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