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'''''Paradolichopithecus''''' is an [[Extinction|extinct]] [[genus]] of [[Old World monkey|cercopithecine monkey]] once found throughout [[Eurasia]]. The [[type species]], ''P. arvernensis'', was a very large [[monkey]], [[Comparability|comparable]] in [[size]] to a [[mandrill]]. The genus was most closely related to [[macaque]]s, sharing a very similar [[Skull|cranial]] [[Morphology (biology)|morphology]].<ref>Nishimura, TD.;(2010). ''[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17261326 Nasal anatomy of Paradolichopithecus gansuensis (early Pleistocene, Longdan, China) with comments on phyletic relationships among the species of this genus]''</ref> The [[Fossil|fossils]] attributed to ''Paradolichopithecus'' are [[Knowledge|known]] from the Early [[Pliocene]] to the [[Early Pleistocene]] of Europe (France, Spain, Greece, Romania, and Serbia) and Asia (Tajikistan and China).<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Radović |first1=Predrag |last2=Lindal |first2=Joshua |last3=Marković |first3=Zoran |last4=Alaburić |first4=Sanja |last5=Roksandic |first5=Mirjana |date=December 2019 |title=First record of a fossil monkey (Primates, Cercopithecidae) from the Late Pliocene of Serbia |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0047248419301873?via%3Dihub |journal=[[Journal of Human Evolution]] |language=en |volume=137 |pagesarticle-number=102681 |doi=10.1016/j.jhevol.2019.102681 |pmid=31629290 |bibcode=2019JHumE.13702681R |s2cid=204799618|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |lastlast1=Radović |firstfirst1=Predrag |last2=Marković |first2=Zoran |last3=Alaburić |first3=Sanja |last4=Roksandic |first4=Mirjana |date=23 October 2024 |title=A new papionin molar (Primates, Cercopithecidae) from the Pliocene of Serbia |url=https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12542-024-00703-y |journal=[[PalZ]] |volume=98 |issue=4 |pages=637–646 |language=en |doi=10.1007/s12542-024-00703-y |issn=0031-0220 |access-date=14 November 2024 |via=Springer Link|url-access=subscription |doi-access=free }}</ref> The East Asian fossil genus ''Procynocephalus'' is considered by some to represent a [[senior synonym]] of ''Paradolichopithecus.''<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Kostopoulos|first1=Dimitris S.|last2=Guy|first2=Franck|last3=Kynigopoulou|first3=Zoi|last4=Koufos|first4=George D.|last5=Valentin|first5=Xavier|last6=Merceron|first6=Gildas|date=August 2018|title=A 2Ma old baboon-like monkey from Northern Greece and new evidence to support the Paradolichopithecus – Procynocephalus synonymy (Primates: Cercopithecidae)|url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0047248416301932|journal=Journal of Human Evolution|language=en|volume=121|pages=178–192|doi=10.1016/j.jhevol.2018.02.012|pmid=29779686|bibcode=2018JHumE.121..178K |s2cid=29167579 |url-access=subscription}}</ref>

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