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Pliopithecini

Osteichthyes - Primates - Pliopithecidae

Taxonomy
Pliopithecini was named by Zapfe (1961). It is not extant. Its type is Pliopithecus.

It was assigned to Pliopithecinae by Harrison and Gu (1999).

Subtaxa
Pliopithecus (type genus)
Entered
by J. Alroy on 2009-03-15; modified by J. Alroy on 2013-04-30

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Pliopithecini Zapfe
1999Pliopithecini Harrison and Gu p. 264

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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()
—Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
—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
superfamilyPliopithecoideaZapfe 1961
familyPliopithecidaeZapfe 1961
subfamilyPliopithecinaeZapfe 1961
tribePliopitheciniZapfe 1961
tribePliopitheciniZapfe 1961

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.

Tr. †Pliopithecini Zapfe 1961
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G. †Pliopithecus Gervais 1849
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Subg. †Pliopithecus (Epipliopithecus) Zapfe and Hürzeler 1957
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†Pliopithecus antiquus Blainville 1839
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Invalid names: Pliopithecus piveteaui Hürzeler 1954 [synonym]
†Pliopithecus canmatensis Alba et al. 2009
†Pliopithecus platyodon Biedermann 1863
†Pliopithecus vindobonensis Zapfe and Hürzeler 1957
†Pliopithecus zhanxiangi Harrison et al. 1991
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: Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999

Age range: base of the MN 5 to the top of the Serravallian or 15.98000 to 11.63000 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian - Tortonian20.45 - 7.246France Pliopithecus piveteaui (187580)
MN 3 - MN 520.0 - 13.82France Pliopithecus piveteui (94801)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82France (Maine-et-Loire) Pliopithecus pivetaui (148396)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82France Pliopithecus piveteaui (90354)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Germany (Bayern) Pliopithecus antiquus (44977)
MN 515.98 - 13.82Germany Pliopithecus antiquus (46955)
Langhian - Serravallian15.98 - 11.63France (Midi-Pyrenees) Pliopithecus antiquus (32191)
Langhian - Serravallian15.98 - 11.63Poland (Silesia) Pliopithecus antiquus (42588 42596)
Langhian - Tortonian15.98 - 7.246France (Maine-et-Loire) Pliopithecus piveteaui (142149)
MN 613.82 - 12.75Slovakia (Bratislava) Pliopithecus vindobonensis (69711)
MN 613.82 - 12.75China (Gansu) Pliopithecus sp. (71105)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63China (Ningxia) Pliopithecus sp. (42539)
MN 6 - MN 7 + 813.82 - 11.1Slovakia Pliopithecus antiquus (69712)
MN 7 + 812.75 - 11.1Switzerland (Thurgau) Pliopithecus antiquus (46277)