Nacholapithecus is a Middle Miocene genus of hominoid found in the Nachola formation in northern Kenya, a key genus in early hominid evolution. Similar in body plan to proconsul, it had a long vertebral column with six lumbar vertebrae, no tail, a narrow torso, large upper limbs with mobile shoulder joints, and long feet. Together with other Kenyapithecinae such as Equatorius, Kenyapithecus, and Griphopithecus, Nachopithecus displayed synapomorphies with Anoiapithecus