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Name: Gigantopithecus

Class: Giant Ape

Family Type: Mammal

Subspecies/Variants: None encountered

Home Planet: Earth

Threat Level: 50/100

Diet: Herbivore

Prey: Stems, Roots, Tubers, Moraceae Fruit

Predators: Humans, Tigers, Leopards, Black bears

Habitats: Forests, Jungles

Abilities: Large Size, Intelligent

Weakness: Slow Moving

Description:

Gigantopithecus is an extinct genus of ape from the Early to Middle Pleistocene of southern China, represented by one species, G. blacki. The remains of Gigantopithecus, two third molar teeth, were first identified in a drugstore by anthropologist Ralph von Koenigswald in 1935, who subsequently described the ape. In 1956, the first mandible and over 1,000 teeth were found in Liucheng, and numerous more remains have since been found in at least 16 sites. Only teeth and 4 mandibles are known currently, and other skeletal elements were likely consumed by porcupines before they could fossilise. Gigantopithecus was once argued to be a hominin, a member of the human line, but it is now thought to be closely allied with orangutans, classified in the subfamily Ponginae.

Gigantopithecus has traditionally been restored as a massive, gorilla-like ape, potentially 200–300 kg (440–660 lb) when alive, but the paucity of remains make total size estimates highly speculative. The species may have been sexually dimorphic, with males much bigger than females. The incisors are reduced and the canines appear to have functioned like cheek teeth (premolars and molars). The premolars are high-crowned, and the fourth premolar is very molar-like. The molars are the largest of any known ape, and have a relatively flat surface. Gigantopithecus had the thickest enamel by absolute measure of any ape, up to 6 mm (a quarter of an inch) in some areas, though was only fairly thick when tooth size is taken into account. Gigantopithecus appears to have been a generalist herbivore of C3 forest plants, with the jaw adapted to grinding, crushing, and cutting through tough, fibrous plants; the thick enamel functioning to resist foods with abrasive particles such as stems, roots, and tubers with dirt; and teeth bearing traces of fig family fruit. It primarily lived in subtropical to tropical forest, and went extinct about 300,000 years ago likely due to climate change and the retreat of preferred habitat, and potentially archaic human activity

Vertell Notes:

This Gigantopithecus Is from the Game called Ark Survival Evolved an action-adventure survival Video Game with a lot of Prehistoric Animals and Mythical Creatures.

This type of Ape is base on the Bigfoot a Mythical Beast from North American Folklore, so no this is defiantly not what Gigantopithecus looks like

Creatures Belongs to their original Creators and credits to the people who ported them into Gmod

Description

Name: Gigantopithecus

Class: Giant Ape

Family Type: Mammal

Subspecies/Variants: None encountered

Home Planet: Earth

Threat Level: 50/100

Diet: Herbivore

Prey: Stems, Roots, Tubers, Moraceae Fruit

Predators: Humans, Tigers, Leopards, Black bears

Habitats: Forests, Jungles

Abilities: Large Size, Intelligent

Weakness: Slow Moving

Description:

Gigantopithecus is an extinct genus of ape from the Early to Middle Pleistocene of southern China, represented by one species, G. blacki. The remains of Gigantopithecus, two third molar teeth, were first identified in a drugstore by anthropologist Ralph von Koenigswald in 1935, who subsequently described the ape. In 1956, the first mandible and over 1,000 teeth were found in Liucheng, and numerous more remains have since been found in at least 16 sites. Only teeth and 4 mandibles are known currently, and other skeletal elements were likely consumed by porcupines before they could fossilise. Gigantopithecus was once argued to be a hominin, a member of the human line, but it is now thought to be closely allied with orangutans, classified in the subfamily Ponginae.

Gigantopithecus has traditionally been restored as a massive, gorilla-like ape, potentially 200–300 kg (440–660 lb) when alive, but the paucity of remains make total size estimates highly speculative. The species may have been sexually dimorphic, with males much bigger than females. The incisors are reduced and the canines appear to have functioned like cheek teeth (premolars and molars). The premolars are high-crowned, and the fourth premolar is very molar-like. The molars are the largest of any known ape, and have a relatively flat surface. Gigantopithecus had the thickest enamel by absolute measure of any ape, up to 6 mm (a quarter of an inch) in some areas, though was only fairly thick when tooth size is taken into account. Gigantopithecus appears to have been a generalist herbivore of C3 forest plants, with the jaw adapted to grinding, crushing, and cutting through tough, fibrous plants; the thick enamel functioning to resist foods with abrasive particles such as stems, roots, and tubers with dirt; and teeth bearing traces of fig family fruit. It primarily lived in subtropical to tropical forest, and went extinct about 300,000 years ago likely due to climate change and the retreat of preferred habitat, and potentially archaic human activity

Vertell Notes:

This Gigantopithecus Is from the Game called Ark Survival Evolved an action-adventure survival Video Game with a lot of Prehistoric Animals and Mythical Creatures.

This type of Ape is base on the Bigfoot a Mythical Beast from North American Folklore, so no this is defiantly not what Gigantopithecus looks like

Creatures Belongs to their original Creators and credits to the people who ported them into Gmod