Species Profile
Ramapithecus
Early hominid (fossil ape)
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassMammalia
OrderUnknown
FamilyUnknown
Introduction
Ramapithecus lived during the Miocene epoch.
Fossils were discovered in India, Africa, and Europe.
It is important in the study of human evolution.
Size & Structure
01
Medium-sized ape
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Shorter jaw compared to Dryopithecus
03
Thick enamel teeth
04
Likely terrestrial tendency
Ramapithecus — 3D Model
No 3D model available
General Features
- Coelom
- True coelom
- Body plan
- Tube within a tube body plan (Deuterostomous)
- Germ layer
- Triploblastic
- Metamerism
- Absent
- Body symmetry
- Bilateral
- Fertilization
- Internal
- Digestion type
- Complete
- Nervous system
- Moderately developed cerebrum
- Excretory organ
- Kidneys
- Body temperature
- Homeothermic
- Circulatory type
- Closed, double, complete
- Development type
- Direct
- Respiratory type
- Pulmonary respiration
- Mode of excretion
- Ureotelism
- Circulation system
- Closed
- Skeleton structure
- Endoskeleton
- Level of Organisation
- Organ system level
- Regulation of Osmosis
- Osmoregulator
Ecology
Forest and woodland dweller
Omnivorous feeder
Part of early hominoid diversification
Economic Importance
Important fossil in human ancestry debates
Paleontological research value
Evolutionary biology studies