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Papionina

Mammalia - Primates - Cercopithecidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Papionina Jablonski
2005Papionina Xing et al.
2010Papionina Jablonski and Frost

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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
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
—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
subtribePapionina
subtribePapionina

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.

Subtr. Papionina
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G. Cercocebus Geoffroy 1812
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Cercocebus agilis Milne-Edwards 1886
Cercocebus atys Audebert 1799
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Invalid names: Cercocebus fuliginosus Geoffroy 1812 [synonym]
Cercocebus lunulatus Temminck 1853
Cercocebus sanjei Mittermeier 1986
Cercocebus torquatus Kerr 1792 [collared mangabey]
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Invalid names: Cercocebus collaris Gray 1843 [objective synonym]
G. †Dinopithecus Broom 1936
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†Dinopithecus ingens Broom 1937
G. †Gorgopithecus Broom and Robinson 1949
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†Gorgopithecus major Broom 1940
G. Lophocebus Palmer 1903 [crested mangabey]
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Lophocebus albigena Gray 1850 [gray-cheeked mangabey]
Lophocebus aterrimus Oudemans 1890
Lophocebus johnstoni Lydekker 1900
Lophocebus opdenboschi Scouteden 1944
Lophocebus osmani Groves 1978
Lophocebus ugandae Matschie 1912
G. Papio Erxleben 1777 [baboon]
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Subg. Papio (Inuus) Matschie 1901
Papio anubis Cuvier 1824 [olive baboon]
Papio anubis doguera Pucheran 1856
Papio cynocephalus Linnaeus 1766 [yellow baboon]
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Invalid names: Papio ruhei Zukowsky 1942 [synonym]
Papio hamadryas Linnaeus 1758 [Hamadryas baboon]
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Invalid names: Cercopithecus hamadryas Kerr 1792 [synonym], Simia cynamolgos Linnaeus 1758 [synonym]
†Papio izodi Gear 1926
Papio kindae Lönnberg 1919
Papio papio Desmarest 1820 [Guinea baboon]
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Invalid names: Cynocephalus olivaceus Geoffroy 1848 [synonym]
Papio porcarius Boddaert 1787
†Papio quadratirostris Iwamoto 1982
†Papio robinsoni Freedman 1957
Papio thoth Ogilby 1843
Papio ursinus Kerr 1792
Invalid names: Cynocephalus Cuvier and Geoffroy 1795 [synonym]
G. †Parapapio Jones 1937
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†Parapapio ado Hopwood 1936
†Parapapio angusticeps Broom 1940
†Parapapio antiquus Haughton 1925
†Parapapio broomi Jones 1937
†Parapapio jonesi Broom 1940
†Parapapio lothagamensis Leakey et al. 2003
†Parapapio whitei Broom 1940
G. Theropithecus Geoffroy 1843 [gelada]
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†Theropithecus darti Broom and Jepsen 1946
Theropithecus gelada Rüppell 1835 [gelada]
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Invalid names: Gelada ruppellii Gray 1843 [synonym]
†Theropithecus oswaldi Andrews 1916
Invalid names: Gelada Gray 1843 [synonym], Simopithecus Andrews 1916 [synonym]
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: Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Messinian to the top of the Holocene or 7.24600 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 5.333 Ma

Collections (274 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333Kenya Parapapio lothagamensis (22241 22243)
Tortonian - Zanclean11.62 - 3.6Kenya Cercocebus sp., Parapapio sp. (22236)
Tortonian - Zanclean11.62 - 3.6Ethiopia Parapapio lothagamensis (22139)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Kenya Parapapio lothagamensis (22242)
Messinian - Piacenzian7.246 - 2.588Kenya Parapapio sp. (22237)
Messinian - Piacenzian7.246 - 2.588Kenya (Turkana District) Cercocebus sp., Parapapio sp. (21332)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Kenya Theropithecus sp., Parapapio ado (232486)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Kenya (Turkana District) Theropithecus sp., Parapapio ado (198275)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Ethiopia Parapapio sp. (22135)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Kenya Parapapio ado (22234) Parapapio sp. (22338) Theropithecus brumpti (21428)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Kenya (Turkana District) Parapapio jonesi (21336)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Ethiopia Cercocebus sp. (22175) Parapapio sp. (22160) Parapapio sp., Theropithecus sp., Theropithecus oswaldi (22133) Theropithecus oswaldi (22131) Theropithecus sp. (22174)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Tanzania (Eastern Drift Valley) Papio sp., Parapapio ado (32050)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588South Africa Simopithecus darti (22355)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Uganda Parapapio sp. (22257)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Tajikistan Papio sp. (34395) Papio suschkini (34444)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Ethiopia (Afar) Papio sp., Theropithecus sp. (70907)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Malawi Papio sp., Parapapio sp. (22271)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Kenya Parapapio sp. (22321) Theropithecus brumpti (201489)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.588Kenya Parapapio sp. (22235) Parapapio sp., Theropithecus brumpti (22239)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.588Tanzania Parapapio ado (21830)
Zanclean - Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Kenya Papio baringensis (22280) Theropithecus barlowi (22267)
Pliocene - Calabrian5.333 - 0.774South Africa Parapapio sp., Papio izodi, Parapapio broomi, Parapapio jonesi, Parapapio whitei (21791)
Zanclean - Calabrian5.333 - 0.774Kenya Papio sp., Theropithecus oswaldi (21506) Theropithecus oswaldi (21369 21395 21399 21417 21473)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Malawi Parapapio sp., Theropithecus sp. (22323)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Congo-Kinshasa Theropithecus sp. (22346)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117South Africa Papio angusticeps (207105)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Ethiopia Papio sp. (22568)
Zanclean - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Ethiopia Theropithecus oswaldi, Dinopithecus ingens (22197)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588South Africa Parapapio spp., Simopithecus darti, Parapapio broomi, Parapapio jonesi, Parapapio whitei (22340)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Morocco Theropithecus atlanticus (32052)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Kenya (Turkana District) Theropithecus sp. (21334)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Ethiopia Parapapio jonesi (21762) Theropithecus brumpti (21608 21640) Theropithecus darti (21783 21785) Theropithecus oswaldi (22347)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Kenya Theropithecus brumpti (21519)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Ethiopia (Afar) Theropithecus sp. (224654)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Tanzania Papio sp. (21799) Papio sp., Parapapio ado (21811) Parapapio ado (21793 21795 21798 21800 21801 21806 21807 21810 21812 21813 21818 21831 21832)
Piacenzian - Gelasian3.6 - 1.806Ethiopia (Afar) Theropithecus sp. (224657)
Piacenzian - Gelasian3.6 - 1.806Kenya (Rift Valley) Theropithecus brumpti (21344)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.781Kenya (Rift Valley) Theropithecus oswaldi (21291 21352) Theropithecus sp. (21289)
Piacenzian - Calabrian3.6 - 0.774Kenya Theropithecus oswaldi (21490)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Pleistocene3.6 - 0.0117South Africa Gorgopithecus major, Papio angusticeps, Parapapio jonesi, Papio robinsoni (22334) Papio angusticeps, Papio robinsoni (22330 22332) Papio hamadryas, Gorgopithecus major, Papio angusticeps (22333)
Piacenzian - Pleistocene3.6 - 0.0117Kenya Simopithecus sp. (22238)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Kenya Cercocebus sp., Theropithecus oswaldi (21446 21451) Theropithecus sp. (32116)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Ethiopia (Afar) Theropithecus sp. (224655)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Tanzania Papio sp. (22594 22595) Papio sp., Simopithecus oswaldi, Theropithecus oswaldi (22596)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Ethiopia Theropithecus brumpti (21544 21545 21547 21555 21560 21564 21570 21571 21572 21573 21574 21587 21595 21602 21605 21606 21609 21611 21613 21627 21628 21630 21646 21649 21651 21652 21657 21659 21661 21662 21673 21738 21747 21752 21994 21995 21996 21997 21999 22000 22001 22006 22020 22022 22023 22026 22039 22040) Theropithecus oswaldi (21578 21583 21610 21619 21621 21645 21666 21672 21678 21988 22015) Theropithecus oswaldi, Theropithecus brumpti (21625 21632 21663 21668 21669 21670 21683 21742 21966 22007)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Kenya (Rift Valley) Parapapio ado, Parapapio whitei, Theropithecus brumpti (21283) Parapapio whitei, Theropithecus brumpti (21345) Theropithecus brumpti (21280 21282 21354 21355) Theropithecus oswaldi (21305)
MN 172.588 - 1.806Spain (Teruel) Papio arvernensis (36112)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Spain (Murcia) Theropithecus oswaldi (34911)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781South Africa Theropithecus oswaldi, Papio ingens, Parapapio jonesi, Papio robinsoni (21824)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Italy (Foggia) Theropithecus sp. (49308)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781South Africa (Gauteng) Papio hamadryas (183152)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.588 - 0.774Kenya Cercocebus sp., Theropithecus oswaldi (21377 21442 21456 21522) Theropithecus oswaldi (21416 21453 21466 21470 21499 21500)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.588 - 0.774Ethiopia (Ethiopian Rift) Papio sp., Theropithecus oswaldi (22492 22494) Theropithecus oswaldi (22491 22493 22498)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117South Africa (Orange Free) Papio ursinus (21867)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117South Africa Papio angusticeps, Papio robinsoni (22329) Papio sp. (21913 21920) Papio sp., Theropithecus oswaldi, Papio robinsoni (21825) Papio ursinus (21695 21829 21915 21916 21929 21956 115191) Theropithecus oswaldi, Papio robinsoni (21828)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Morocco Theropithecus oswaldi (34329)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Kenya Papio sp. (21963) Simopithecus sp. (22269) Theropithecus oswaldi (38039 38040) Theropithecus sp. (21836 21837 21838 21843 21846 21848 21850 22268 22270)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Congo-Kinshasa Papio anubis (22074)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0South Africa Papio ursinus (21948 21949 21950 21951 21952 21957) Simopithecus oswaldi (21711)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Zambia Papio sp. (21854)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Algeria Theropithecus oswaldi (22584)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Kenya Cercocebus sp. (32085) Papio sp. (32058) Papio sp., Theropithecus oswaldi (32060) Theropithecus oswaldi (21414 21524 21526) Theropithecus sp. (32088)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Ethiopia (Ethiopian Rift) Papio sp. (22499)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Kenya (Rift Valley) Theropithecus oswaldi (21294 21298 21343 21347 21348)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Tanzania Theropithecus oswaldi (22614 22620 22627)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774South Africa Papio robinsoni (21961)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Morocco Theropithecus oswaldi (34287 34330)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Djibouti Theropithecus sp. (209750)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Ethiopia Papio hamadryas (22177) Papio sp., Theropithecus oswaldi (22134) Theropithecus oswaldi (22138 22156) Theropithecus sp. (22172)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Kenya Papio anubis (22276) Papio sp. (21276 21277) Papio sp., Theropithecus oswaldi (22272)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Tanzania Cercocebus sp. (21893)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Kenya (Athi-Kapiti Plains) Papio cynocephalus (32138)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117South Africa Papio ursinus (96974)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Kenya (Athi-Kapiti plains) Papio cynocephalus (32124)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117South Africa Papio urinus (115167)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa (Orange Free) Papio ursinus (21909 21911 21912)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Sudan Papio cynocephalus (21871)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Cote D'Ivoire Papio anubis (21692)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Swaziland Papio ursinus (21927 21955)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa (N. Transraal) Papio ursinus (21693)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Tanzania Papio anubis (21690)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Congo-Kinshasa Papio anubis (22073)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Zambia Papio sp. (21895)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa Papio ursinus (21866 21896 21914 21917 21918 21940 96973)