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The Computer DinosaursFact File #115 - Gigantopithecus
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Distribution: China, Vietnam, Indonesia and India
Classification: Primates, Haplorhini, Hominidae
Meaning of name: "giant ape"
Named by: Ralph von Koenigswald, 1935
Time: Tortonian of the Miocene to Tarantian of the Pleistocene
Size: 3 meters (10 feet) tall
Lifestyle: Browser
Species: G. blacki, G. bilaspurensis, G. giganteus
German paleontologist Ralph von Koenigwald first described Gigantopithecus remains in the form of a set of teeth found in a Hong Kong apothecary shop in the 1930's, and the early collection of Gigantopithecus remains took place in such shops throughout China. Eventually the source was traced to a cave in Guangxi in souther China, which has since yielded several teeth and jaws.
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Species number: 115
Story arc: 31
Episode: 121
Other information: This large forest dwelling ape is the largest of its kind, reaching up to 3 meters (10 feet) tall and weighing up to 600 kilograms (1,320 pounds). It resembled a large orangutan with the body stance of a gorilla. They are also the last animals encountered in story arc 31.
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Although it was probably quadrupedal like a gorilla, it still calls to mind the famous giant ape.
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Due to being the largest primate that ever lived.
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