Kogolepithecus

{{Short description|Extinct genus of primates}}

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{{Speciesbox

| fossil_range = Burdigalian

| genus = Kogolepithecus

| species = morotoensis

| authority = Pickford et. al., 2003

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Kogolepithecus is an extinct genus of catarrhine primate that inhabited Uganda during the Burdigalian. It contains the species K. morotoensis.{{Cite journal |last1=Pickford |first1=Martin |last2=Senut |first2=Brigitte |last3=Gommery |first3=Dominique |last4=Musiime |first4=Ezra |date=31 December 2003 |title=New Catarrhine fossils from Moroto II, Early Middle Miocene (ca 17.5 Ma) Uganda |url=https://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/fr/periodiques/comptes-rendus-palevol/2/8/new-catarrhine-fossils-moroto-ii-early-middle-miocene-ca-175-ma-uganda |journal=Comptes Rendus Palevol |language=en |volume=2 |issue=8 |pages=649–662 |doi=10.1016/j.crpv.2003.10.001 |access-date=6 February 2025}}

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