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- noun Plural form of
parapithecid .
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Both the parapithecids and extinct and extant platyrrhines show extensive postorbital closure, which is not found in primates from North America (Fleagle and Kay, 1997).
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Also they point to a morphological characteristic that links the platyrrhines with the Oligocene parapithecids of Africa.
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