Kogolepithecus Pickford et al. 2003 (monkey)

Mammalia - Primates

Full reference: M. Pickford, B. Senut, D. Gommery and E. Musiime. 2003. New Catarrhine fossils from Moroto II, Early Middle Miocene (ca 17.5 Ma) Uganda. Comptes Rendus Palevol 2(8):649-662

Parent taxon: Catarrhini according to M. Pickford et al. 2003

Sister taxa: Cercopithecoidea, Dendropithecoidea, Eucatarrhini, Hominoidea, Kalepithecus, Kamoyapithecus, Kansupithecus, Krishnapithecus, Krishnapithecus krishnaii, Nyanzapithecinae, Pliobates, Pliopithecoidea, Propliopithecidae, Propliopithecoidea, Saadanioidea

Subtaxa: Kogolepithecus morotoensis

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Type: Kogolepithecus morotoensis

Ecology: arboreal omnivore

Distribution: found only at Moroto II (UPE collections) (Miocene to Miocene of Uganda)

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