1) Genus dryopithecus 2) Genus of old world hominoids 3) Mammal genus 
Dryopithecus was a genus of apes that is known from Eastern Africa into Eurasia during the late Miocene period. The first species of Dryopithecus was discovered at the site of Saint-Gaudens, Haute-Garonne, France, in 1856. Other dryopithecids have been found in Hungary, Spain, and China. Like Sivapithecus, Dryopithecus was suspensory, had a large ...
genus of extinct ape that is representative of early members of the lineage that includes humans and other apes. Although Dryopithecus has been ... [4 related articles]
[n] - genus of Old World hominoids
genus Dryopithecus noun genus of Old World hominoids; Miocene and Pliocene
an extinct genus of generalized hominoids that lived in Europe and Africa during the Miocene Epoch and whose members are characterized by small molars and incisors. · one of the four subgenera of this genus, limited to Europe. Cf. dryomorph, Proconsul.