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Pongo pygmaeus ciochoni

Osteichthyes - Primates - Hominidae

Taxonomy
Pongo pygmaeus ciochoni was named by Schwartz et al. (1995). Its type specimen is IAH LT93.C2. B5.28, a tooth (/M3), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lang Trang Cave, which is in a Pleistocene cave breccia in Vietnam.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1995Pongo pygmaeus ciochoni Schwartz et al. p. 17

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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
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—Euarchonta
orderPrimates
infraorderHaplorhini(Pocock 1918)
—Anthropoidea(Mivart 1864)
infraorderCatarrhiniGeoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1812
superfamilyHominoideaGray 1825
familyHominidaeGray 1825
subfamilyPonginaeElliot 1913
tribePongini
genusPongoLacépède 1799
speciespygmaeus(Linnaeus 1760)
subspeciesciochoni

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.

†Pongo pygmaeus ciochoni Schwartz et al. 1995
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: arborealg
Diet: frugivoreg
Diet 2: folivoreg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2012-05-20 17:27:11
Modified: 2012-05-20 02:27:11
Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Taylor 2006, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991

Age range: Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.12900 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Vietnam (Thanh Hoa) Pongo pygmaeus (type locality: 107999)