Dinopithecus
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| Dinopithecus Temporal range: Pliocene
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| Genus: | †Dinopithecus Broom, 1936
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| Species: | †D. ingens
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Dinopithecus was an extinct genus of giant baboon (as big as a grown man) that lived during the Pliocene of South Africa. Males grew to 5 feet tall (1.52 m), but females were limited in size to 4 feet (1.22 m) tall.[1]
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