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Nacholapithecus
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<p><i>Nacholapithecus kerioi</i> was an <a href="/facts/Ape/QdTk4pko">ape</a> that lived 15-14 million years ago during the Middle <a href="/facts/Miocene/cBRRzq4g">Miocene</a>. Fossils have been found in the Nachola formation in northern <a href="/facts/Kenya/Y9Ko9pQu">Kenya</a>. The only member of the genus <i>Nacholapithecus</i>, it is thought to be a key genus in early <a href="/facts/Hominid_evolution/DNzlDyKe">hominid evolution</a>. Similar in body plan to <i><a href="/facts/Proconsul_(mammal)/jbFQW12h">Proconsul</a></i>, it had a long vertebral column with six lumbar vertebrae, no tail, a narrow torso, large upper limbs with mobile shoulder joints, and long feet. </p><p>Together with other Kenyapithecinae such as <i><a href="/facts/Equatorius/KYx899Ct">Equatorius</a></i>, <i><a href="/facts/Kenyapithecus/KfgMVBT2">Kenyapithecus</a></i>, and <i><a href="/facts/Griphopithecus/n71mx1sm">Griphopithecus</a></i>, <i>Nacholapithecus</i> displayed <a href="/facts/Synapomorphy/t21GWRl1">synapomorphies</a> with <i><a href="/facts/Anoiapithecus/oE4lf3cn">Anoiapithecus</a></i>. </p>