†Gigantopithecus von Koenigswald 1935 (placental)
Mammalia - Primates - Hominidae
PaleoDB taxon number: 40894
Full reference: G. H. R. von Koenigswald. 1935. Eine fossile Saügetierfauna mit Simia aus Südchina. Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen. SerB Palaeontol Geol Phys Chem Anthropol 38:872-879
Parent taxon: Ramapithecinae according to R. F. Kay 1982
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Gigantopithecus bilaspurensis, Gigantopithecus blacki, Gigantopithecus giganteus
Type: Gigantopithecus blacki
Ecology: scansorial insectivore