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Victoriapithecus
Taxonomy
Victoriapithecus was named by von Koenigswald (1969). It is not extant.
It was assigned to Victoriapithecidae by Benefit and McCrossin (1997); to Cercopithecidae by McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Cercopithecoidea by Zalmout et al. (2010).
It was assigned to Victoriapithecidae by Benefit and McCrossin (1997); to Cercopithecidae by McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Cercopithecoidea by Zalmout et al. (2010).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1969 | Victoriapithecus von Koenigswald |
| 1997 | Victoriapithecus Benefit and McCrossin |
| 1997 | Victoriapithecus McKenna and Bell |
| 2010 | Victoriapithecus Zalmout et al. pp. Supp. 4 figs. Table 2 |
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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. †Victoriapithecus von Koenigswald 1969
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†Victoriapithecus macinnesi von Koenigswald 1969
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Invalid names: Victoriapithecus leakeyi von Koenigswald 1969 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979 | |||||
Age range: base of the Langhian to the top of the Serravallian or 15.97000 to 11.62000 Ma
Collections (12 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene | Uganda | Prohylobates macinnesi (28293) | |
| Langhian | Kenya (Nyanza) | V. macinnesi (21339) | |
| Langhian | Kenya | V. macinnesi (22071 22080) V. sp., V. macinnesi (22079 22081 22082) V. sp., V. macinnesi, V. leakeyi (22069 22070 22078) | |
| Langhian - Serravallian | Kenya | V. sp. (22273) | |
| Serravallian | Kenya | V. sp. (22287) |