Which of the following is NOT true about the East African baboon-like Theropithecus?
A)Dietary niche was almost exclusively grasses.
B)It contained some notable fossil specimens, like a 225-pound monkey.
C)It is the only extant (still living)species is the Gelada.
D)Most of its members went extinct at some point during the middle Ordovician.
E)Competition with Papio baboons was a probable cause for extinction.

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The middle Ordovician period, which occurred long before the existence of primates, makes it impossible for Theropithecus members to have gone extinct during that time. Theropithecus, including the Gelada, are much more recent in the evolutionary timeline.

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