Dionysopithecidae

Dionysopithecidae; Temporal range: ; 18–17 Million years ago
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Infraclass:	Placentalia
Order:	Primates
Parvorder:	Catarrhini
Superfamily:	†Pliopithecoidea
Family:	†Dionysopithecidae
Genera
	Dionysopithecus; Platodontopithecus;

Dionysopithecidae is an extinct family of fossil catarrhines and the earliest-known and most primitive members of the Pliopithecoidea superfamily, with fossils in Sihong, China dating to 18–17 million years ago for species Dionysopithecus shuangouensis and Platodontopithecus jianghuaiensis.¹

A single lower molar found in Ban San Klang in Thailand is similar to those found in Sihong but sufficiently different to be considered a different species, Dionysopithecus orientalis.¹

They are sometimes treated as a subfamily of Pliopithecidae as 'Dionysopithecinae'.²

References

Harrison, Terry (2012). "Chapter 20 Catarrhine Origins" (PDF). In Begun, David (ed.). A Companion To Paleoanthropology. Wiley Blackwell. ISBN 978-1-118-33237-5. Archived from the original on 2023-09-05.
Harrison, T; Gu, Y (1999). "Taxonomy and phylogenetic relationships of early Miocene catarrhines from Sihong, China". Journal of Human Evolution. 37 (2): 225–277. Bibcode:1999JHumE..37..225H. doi:10.1006/jhev.1999.0310. PMID 10444352.

The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Prehistoric World page 434.

[Begun2012-1] Harrison, Terry (2012). "Chapter 20 Catarrhine Origins" (PDF). In Begun, David (ed.). A Companion To Paleoanthropology. Wiley Blackwell. ISBN 978-1-118-33237-5. Archived from the original on 2023-09-05.

[HarrisonGu-2] Harrison, T; Gu, Y (1999). "Taxonomy and phylogenetic relationships of early Miocene catarrhines from Sihong, China". Journal of Human Evolution. 37 (2): 225–277. Bibcode:1999JHumE..37..225H. doi:10.1006/jhev.1999.0310. PMID 10444352.

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