Editing Pierolapithecus (section)

== Description ==
Moyà-Solà ''et al.'' initially founded the species on a set of unique characteristics, of which are the following. The frontal processes of the face remain on the same plane, the [[Nasal bone|nasals]] are flat and sit beneath the lower rims of the [[Orbit (anatomy)|orbit]], the [[glabella]] is posteriorly oriented, the face is low, the brows are thin, the zygomatic root is high, and the [[nasoalveolar clivus]] is high. The rear border of the [[incisive foramen]] is in line with the P3, the [[palate]] is deep and stout, the [[Nasal cavity|nasal aperture]] is widest at the base, the [[interorbital distance]] is wide, the zygomatics expand to the side, the P3 is similar in size to the P4, there is reduced cusp heteromorphy, all molars save from the M3 are elongated, the upper molars and premolars lack cingula, the lingual cusps of the upper molars are positioned peripherally, the M2 is large and has cusp heteromorphy, and the upper canine is large and compressed in the crown. The ribs are very curved to form a [[thorax]] that is anteroposteriorly compressed, the [[clavicle]] is robust, lacking a ventral keel on the mid-[[Lumbar vertebrae|lumbars]], the [[Pedicles of the vertebral arches|pedicles]] of the neural arch are robust and stout, the [[spinous processes]] are slightly caudally inclined, the pedicle-body inserts the [[transverse processes]], dorsally oriented and pedicle-born transverse process, the metacarpals and phalanges are short, the [[Accessory bone|os centrale]] are unfused, the [[Triquetral bone|triquetrum]] is small and non-articulating with the [[Ulnar styloid process|ulnar styloid]], and the crevice inserting [[Meniscus (anatomy)|meniscus]] attachment and [[pisiform facet]] is distally shifted.<ref name="MoyaSola2004" />

The holotypic individual is estimated to have weighed 30 kg (66.13 lbs).<ref name="Bezanson-2016" />