1. tiny (150 to 300 grams) extinct primate of 46 to 50 million years ago; fossils found in Algeria; considered by some authorities the leading candidate for the first anthropoid;
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Algeripithecus minutus
n 1: tiny (150 to 300 grams) extinct primate of 46 to 50 million
years ago; fossils found in Algeria; considered by some
authorities the leading candidate for the first anthropoid