Rhinopithecus tingianus Matthew and Granger 1923 (snub-nosed monkey)

Mammalia - Primates - Cercopithecidae

Alternative combination: Rhinopithecus roxellana tingianus

Full reference: W.D. Matthew and W.T. Granger. 1923. New fossil mammals from the Pliocene of Sze-chuan, China. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 48(17):564-598

Belongs to Rhinopithecus according to W.D. Matthew and W.T. Granger 1923

See also Jablonski 2002

Sister taxa: Rhinopithecus (Rhinopithecus), Rhinopithecus avunculus, Rhinopithecus bieti, Rhinopithecus brelichi, Rhinopithecus lantianensis, Rhinopithecus roxellana, Rhinopithecus strykeri

Type specimen: AMNH 18466, a skull. Its type locality is Yen-ching-kao, which is in a Pleistocene/Pleistocene terrestrial horizon in China.

Ecology: arboreal frugivore-folivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of China (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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