| Named By: | Robert Broom in 1936 |
| Time Period: | Pliocene |
| Location: | Ethiopia - Matabaietu Formation |
| Size: | Males estimated to have been about 1.5 meters tall at the shoulder, females would have likely been smaller as in other baboons |
| Diet: | Omnivore |
| Fossil(s): | Partial remains including skull and teeth |
| Classification: | | Chordata | Mammalia | Primates | Cercopithecidae | |
Dinopithecus was an extinct genus of giant baboon (as big as a grown man) that lived during the Pliocene of South Africa. Males grew to 5 feet tall (1.52 m), but females were limited in size to 4 feet (1.22 m) tall.