Aegyptopithecus profile skull cast replica
Aegyptopithecus is an early fossil catarrhine that predates the divergence between hominoids and cercopithecids. It is known from a single species, Aegyptopithecus zeuxis.
Early part of the Oligocene epoch.
Species: †A. zeuxis
Class: Mammalia
Genus: †Aegyptopithecus; Simons, 1965
Order: Primates
Phylum: Chordata
Family: †Propliopithecidae
Kingdom: Animalia