Kamoyapithecus (Kamoya + Greek -pithekos “ape”) was a primate that lived in Africa during the late Oligocene period, about 24.2-27.5 million years ago. First found in 1948 as part of a University of California, Berkeley expedition, it was at first thought to be under a form of Proconsul by C.T. Madden in 1980, but after a re-examination by Richard Leakey and associates later on, the fossils were moved under a new genus Kamoyapithecus, named after the renowned fossil finder Kamoya Kimeu.