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Procynocephalus

Mammalia - Primates - Cercopithecidae

Taxonomy
Procynocephalus was named by Schlosser (1924). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Cercopithecidae by Verma (1969) and McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Macacina by Jablonski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1924Procynocephalus Schlosser
1969Procynocephalus Verma
1997Procynocephalus McKenna and Bell
2002Procynocephalus Jablonski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
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
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
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
subtribeMacacinaOwen 1843
genusProcynocephalusSchlosser 1924

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.

G. †Procynocephalus Schlosser 1924
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Procynocephalus wimani Schlosser 1924
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, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988

Age range: Early/Lower Pleistocene or 2.58800 to 0.78100 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781China (Yunnan) P. wimani (78193)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781China (Anhui) P. sp. (68380)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781China ( Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region) P. sp. (214689)