Algeripithecus is an extinct of early , weighing approximately 65 to 85 grams (2.3 to 3.0 oz). Fossils have been found in dating from 50 to 46 million years ago.

It was once commonly thought to be one of the oldest primates (a group that includes and ), and was crucial to the hypothesis that simians originated in Africa. Research on more complete specimens suggest it was instead a , more closely related to living and . However, this is still disputed.

Fragmentary fossils were first found in the Glib Formation at the Glib Zegdou locality in and dated to the Early to Middle , 50 to 46 million years ago. The was an upper left molar (M²).Moncler

First described in the journal by and Mohamed Mahboubi in 1992, Algeripithecus was once widely considered one of the oldest known fossil simian primates, giving weight to the African origins hypothesis for simians. It was originally interpreted as a , but was also seen as a by Godinot in 1994 and as a by Seiffert et al. starting in 2005. Based on the discovery of additional fossil teeth and a (upper jaw) between 2003 and 2009, Tabuce et al. reconstructed Algeripithecus as an , a group thought to be a type of lemuriform, or strepsirrhine primate. According to Tabuce et al., the of Algeripithecus indicates it had an inclined , similar to that found in primates. Although the anterior dentition of azibiids is unknown, they may have possessed a toothcomb, indicating an ancient stem lineage of lemuriform primates in Africa, possibly descended from an early Asian branch of adapiforms such as a primitive branch of predating (one of the oldest European adapiforms). As a result, the African origins of strepsirhines (including and ) is well supported, whereas the African origins of simians has been placed in doubt, possibly giving favor to an Asian origins hypothesis. However, in 2010, Godinot reasserted his viewMoncler Mnd that Algeripithecus was a simian based on its upper molar morphology and hypothesized that this applied to all azibiids, favoring his earlier view that azibiids may be early simians instead of stem lemuriforms. In 2011, Marivaux et al.published an interpretation of recently discovered of closely related found at Gour Lazib, which they claimed were more similar to those of living strepsirrhines and extinct adapiforms, not simians, thus reinforcing the strepsirrhine status favored by Tabuce et al. two years earlier.Moncler Salg

Godinot also cautiously suggested that Dralestes may be a of Algeripithecus based on a blade-like premolar. Alternatively, the second upper molar (M²) of Dralestes hammadaensis have been reinterpreted by Tabuce et al. as being the upper fourth premoloar (P⁴) of Azibius, and therefore considered Dralestes to be a synonym of Azibius. Specimens of Dralestes are now recognized as being either Azibius and Algeripithecus.Moncler Outlet 

Like all azibiids, Algeripithecus was a small-bodied primate. Initially thought to weigh 150 to 300 g (5.3 to 11 oz),Algeripithecus minutus is now estimated to have weighed between 65 and 85 g (2.3 and 3.0 oz), nearly half the weight of the only other known azibiid, . It was comparable in size to a (Allocebus trichotis) or a (Microcebus rufus).Billige Moncler