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Nsungwepithecus gunnelli

Osteichthyes - Primates

Taxonomy
Nsungwepithecus gunnelli was named by Stevens et al. (2013). Its type specimen is RRBP 11178, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Nsungwe 2B, which is in an Oligocene fluvial sandstone in the Nsungwe Formation of Tanzania. It is the type species of Nsungwepithecus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2013Nsungwepithecus gunnelli Stevens et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
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)
infraorderCatarrhiniGeoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1812
superfamilyCercopithecoidea
genusNsungwepithecus
speciesgunnelli

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.

†Nsungwepithecus gunnelli Stevens et al. 2013
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available