| Nakalipithecus | |
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| Illustration by A. James Gustafson | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Suborder: | Primates |
| Family: | Hominidae |
| Tribe: | Gorillini |
| Genus: | Nakalipithecus |
| Species: | N. nakayamai |
| Binomial name | |
| Nakalipithecus nakayamai Kunimatsu, 2007 | |
Nakalipithecus is an extinct genus of great ape that lived in the Tortonian stage of the Miocene epoch, known from a discovered jaw and several teeth. Its recovered teeth have been found to be the same size as modern-day female gorillas and orangutans. The teeth were first discovered in 2005, and the species was classified in 2007. The type and only species of the genus is N. nakayamai.