Mammalia - Primates - Proconsulidae
Synonym: Ugandapithecus Senut et al. 2000
Parent taxon: Proconsulidae according to I. S. Zalmout et al. 2010
See also Andrews 1992, Harrison and Andrews 2009, Harrison and Gu 1999, McKenna and Bell 1997, McNulty et al. 2015, Pickford et al. 2003 and Pilbeam et al. 1977
Sister taxa: Afropithecus, Heliopithecus, Morotopithecus, Nacholapithecus, Nyanzapithecus, Proconsulinae, Rangwapithecus, Turkanapithecus, Xenopithecus
Subtaxa: Proconsul africanus Proconsul gitongai Proconsul major Proconsul meswae
Ecology: arboreal omnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Kenya (11 collections), Uganda (1)
• Oligocene of Kenya (1)
Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence
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