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Protopithecus

Mammalia - Primates - Atelidae

Taxonomy
Protopithecus was named by Lund (1838). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Primates by Gervais and Ameghino (1880); and to Atelinae by Hartwig and Cartelle (1996).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1838Protopithecus Lund
1880Protopithecus Gervais and Ameghino p. 4
1996Protopithecus Hartwig and Cartelle p. 307

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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()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—Euarchonta
orderPrimates
infraorderHaplorhini(Pocock 1918)
—Anthropoidea(Mivart 1864)
infraorderPlatyrrhiniGeoffroy 1812
familyAtelidaeGray 1825
subfamilyAtelinaeGray 1825
genusProtopithecusLund 1838

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. †Protopithecus Lund 1838
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†Protopithecus bonaeriensis Gervais and Ameghino 1880
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available