Nakalipithecus - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Nakalipithecus Temporal range: Tortonian, 9.9–9.8 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Top and side views of the Nakalipithecus holotype, a jawbone and the molars
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Primates
Suborder:	Haplorhini
Infraorder:	Simiiformes
Superfamily:	Hominoidea
Family:	Hominidae
Genus:	†Nakalipithecus Kunimatsu et al., 2007
Species:	†N. nakayamai
Binomial name
Nakalipithecus nakayamai Kunimatsu et al., 2007

Nakalipithecus nakayamai is a fossil ape species. It was a discovery of a 10-million-year-old jawbone with teeth, in a volcanic mud in Nakali, Kenya. N. nakayamai is thought to have lived around 9.9 million to 9.8 million years ago. More teeth were found in the same place; eleven of them are thought to belong to this specimen.

• New ancient ape species discovered
• Jawbone sheds light on divergence of humans and apes

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