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Micropithecus
Taxonomy
Micropithecus was named by Fleagle and Simons (1978). It is not extant.
It was assigned to Hominoidea by Fleagle and Simons (1978); to Catarrhini by Harrison (1989); and to Dendropithecidae by Zalmout et al. (2010).
It was assigned to Hominoidea by Fleagle and Simons (1978); to Catarrhini by Harrison (1989); and to Dendropithecidae by Zalmout et al. (2010).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1978 | Micropithecus Fleagle and Simons p. 427 |
| 1989 | Micropithecus Harrison p. 537 |
| 2010 | Micropithecus Zalmout et al. pp. Supp. 4 figs. Table 2 |
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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. †Micropithecus Fleagle and Simons 1978
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†Micropithecus clarki Fleagle and Simons 1978
†Micropithecus leakeyorum Harrison 1989
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: o = order, subc = subclass, subp = subphylum, p = phylum | |||||
| References: Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999 | |||||
Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Langhian or 20.45000 to 13.82000 Ma
Collections (5 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Miocene | Kenya | M. clarki (70808) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Uganda | M. clarki (236791) | |
| Burdigalian | Uganda | M. clarki (28441) | |
| Langhian | Kenya | M. leakeyorum (22071 22082) |