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Kogolepithecus morotoensis

Mammalia - Primates

Taxonomy

Kogolepithecus morotoensis was named by Pickford et al. (2003). Its type specimen is Mor II 28'03, a tooth (left m/2), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Moroto II (UPE collections), which is in a Miocene/Miocene fluvial mudstone/siltstone in Uganda. It is the type species of Kogolepithecus.

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
2003	Kogolepithecus morotoensis Pickford et al. p. 657

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
subclass	Synapsida
—	Therapsida	()

Rank	Name	Author
infraorder	Cynodontia	()
—	Mammaliamorpha
—	Mammaliaformes
class	Mammalia
—	Cladotheria
—	Zatheria
subclass	Tribosphenida	()
subclass	Theria
—	Eutheria	()
—	Placentalia
—	Boreoeutheria
—	Euarchontoglires	Murphy et al. 2001
—	Euarchonta
order	Primates
infraorder	Haplorhini	(Pocock 1918)
—	Anthropoidea	(Mivart 1864)
infraorder	Catarrhini	Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1812
genus	Kogolepithecus
species	morotoensis

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.

†Kogolepithecus morotoensis Pickford et al. 2003

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

phosphaticsubp

Environment:

terrestrialsubc

Locomotion:

actively mobilec

Life habit:

arborealo

Diet:

omnivoreo

Reproduction:

viviparoussubc

Created:

2005-08-26 13:27:51

Modified:

2005-08-26 15:27:51

Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum

References: Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Middle Miocene or 23.04000 to 11.63000 Ma

Collections: one only

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene	23.04 - 11.63	Uganda	Kogolepithecus morotoensis (type locality: 28293)