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Theropithecus oswaldi

Mammalia - Primates - Cercopithecidae

Taxonomy
Simopithecus oswaldi was named by Andrews (1916).

It was recombined as Theropithecus oswaldi by Delson (1993) and Geraads et al. (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1916Simopithecus oswaldi Andrews
1993Theropithecus oswaldi Delson
2004Theropithecus oswaldi Geraads et al. p. 172

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—Euarchonta
orderPrimates
infraorderHaplorhini(Pocock 1918)
—Anthropoidea(Mivart 1864)
infraorderCatarrhiniGeoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1812
superfamilyCercopithecoidea
familyCercopithecidae
subfamilyCercopithecinae
tribePapionini
subtribePapionina
genusTheropithecusGeoffroy 1843
speciesoswaldi(Andrews 1916)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Theropithecus oswaldi Andrews 1916
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: arborealf
Diet: frugivoref
Diet 2: folivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-22 19:20:00
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991

Age range: base of the Zanclean to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 5.33300 to 0.12900 Ma

Collections (80 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Ethiopia Theropithecus oswaldi (22131 22133)
Zanclean - Calabrian5.333 - 0.774Kenya Theropithecus oswaldi (21369 21395 21399 21417 21473 21506)
Zanclean - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Ethiopia Theropithecus oswaldi (22197)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Ethiopia Theropithecus oswaldi (22347)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.781Kenya (Rift Valley) Theropithecus oswaldi (21291 21352)
Piacenzian - Calabrian3.6 - 0.774Kenya Theropithecus oswaldi (21490)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Kenya (Rift Valley) Theropithecus oswaldi (21305)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Ethiopia Theropithecus oswaldi (21578 21583 21610 21619 21621 21625 21632 21645 21663 21666 21668 21669 21670 21672 21678 21683 21742 21966 21988 22007 22015)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Kenya Theropithecus oswaldi (21446 21451)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Tanzania Simopithecus oswaldi, Theropithecus oswaldi (22596)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781South Africa Theropithecus oswaldi (21824)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Spain (Murcia) Theropithecus oswaldi (34911)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.588 - 0.774Kenya Theropithecus oswaldi (21377 21416 21442 21453 21456 21466 21470 21499 21500 21522)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.588 - 0.774Ethiopia (Ethiopian Rift) Theropithecus oswaldi (22491 22492 22493 22494 22498)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Kenya Theropithecus oswaldi (38039 38040)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Morocco Theropithecus oswaldi (34329)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117South Africa Theropithecus oswaldi (21825 21828)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0South Africa Simopithecus oswaldi (21711)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Tanzania Theropithecus oswaldi (22614 22620 22627)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Kenya (Rift Valley) Theropithecus oswaldi (21294 21298 21343 21347 21348)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Kenya Theropithecus oswaldi (21414 21524 21526 32060)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Algeria Theropithecus oswaldi (22584)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Morocco Theropithecus oswaldi (34287 34330)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Kenya Theropithecus oswaldi (22272)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Ethiopia Theropithecus oswaldi (22134 22138 22156)