| Dryopithecini Temporal range: Miocene 23.03–7.246 Ma | |
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| mandible fragment of Dryopithecus fontani from Saint-Gaudens, France (Middle Miocene, 11.5 My) ; cast from Museum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Chordata | 
| Class: | Mammalia | 
| Order: | Primates | 
| Family: | Hominidae | 
| Subfamily: | Homininae | 
| Tribe: | Dryopithecini | 
| Genera | |
| Oreopithecus | |
Oreopithecus
Nakalipithecus
Anoiapithecus
Dryopithecus
Rudapithecus
Samburupithecus
The dryopithecines consists of a tribe of Eurasian apes that are believed to be close to the ancestry of gorillas, chimpanzees and humans.