HyperDic: algeripithecus_minutus

English > 1 sense of the expression *Algeripithecus minutus*:
NOUN	animal	Algeripithecus minutus	tiny (150 to 300 grams) extinct primate of 46 to 50 million years ago

English > *Algeripithecus minutus*: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaning	tiny (150 to 300 grams) extinct primate of 46 to 50 million years ago; fossils found in Algeria; considered by some authorities the leading candidate for the first anthropoid.
Member of	Algeripithecus, genus Algeripithecus	An extinct genus of Hominoidea
Broader	hominoid	A primate of the superfamily Hominoidea