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Theropithecus oswaldi
Temporal range: Pleistocene
Theropithecus oswaldi
A restoration of Theropithecus oswaldi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Family: Cercopithecidae
Genus: Theropithecus
Species: T. oswaldi
Binomial name
Theropithecus oswaldi
Andrews, 1916
Synonyms
  • Simopithecus oswaldi Andrews, 1916
  • Simopithecus jonathoni

Theropithecus oswaldi is an extinct species of gelada from the early to middle Pleistocene of Kenya, Ethiopia, Tanzania, South Africa, Spain, Morocco and Algeria. It was 4 feet long.

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