Propliopithecus

{{Short description|Extinct genus of primates}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| fossil_range = {{fossil range|Paleogene|Neogene}}

| image = Propliopithecus haeckeli mandible.JPG

| image_alt =

| image_caption =Propliopithecus haeckeli

| taxon = Propliopithecus

| authority = Schlosser, 1910

| display_parents = 2

| synonyms =

• {{extinct}}Aeolopithecus Simons 1965
• {{extinct}}Moeripithecus Schlosser 1910

| synonyms_ref = {{cite web |title=†Propliopithecus Schlosser 1911 (monkey) |url=https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=40888 |website=FossilWorks |access-date=20 February 2019 |language=en }}

| type_species = {{extinct}}Propliopithecus haeckeli

| type_species_authority = Schlosser 1911

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision =

• {{extinct}}Propliopithecus ankeli Simons et al. 1987
• {{extinct}}Propliopithecus chirobates Simons 1965
• {{extinct}}Propliopithecus haeckeli Schlosser 1911

}}

Propliopithecus is an extinct genus of primate.

The 40 cm (1 ft 4 in) long creature resembled today's gibbons. Its eyes faced forwards, giving it stereoscopical vision. Propliopithecus was most likely an omnivore. It is possible that Propliopithecus is the same creature as Aegyptopithecus. If that would be the case the name Propliopithecus would take precedence over Aegyptopithecus according to ICZN rules, because it was coined earlier.{{cite book | last = Palmer | first = Douglas | title = The Marshall Illustrated Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs & Prehistoric animals | publisher = Marshall Editions Developments Ltd | year = 1999 | location = London | isbn = 978-3-8290-6747-8}}