Pierolapithecus

GPTKB entity

Statements (22)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf primate
endemic species
APU
gptkbp:age about 12.5 million years
gptkbp:describedBy 2004
gptkbp:diet frugivore
gptkbp:discoveredBy Salvador Moyà-Solà
gptkbp:discoveredIn 2002
gptkbp:family gptkb:Homo_sapiens
gptkbp:fossilRange gptkb:Miocene
gptkbp:foundIn gptkb:Catalonia
gptkb:Spain
gptkbp:genus Moyà-Solà et al., 2004
gptkbp:holotype IPS21350
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Pierolapithecus
gptkbp:locomotion arboreal climbing
knuckle-walking (debated)
gptkbp:notableSite gptkb:Hostalets_de_Pierola
gptkbp:significance possible common ancestor of great apes
gptkbp:typeSpecies Pierolapithecus catalaunicus
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Dryopithecinae
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7