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Taxonomy
Sivapithecus africanus was named by Le Gros Clark and Leakey (1951). It is the type species of Equatorius.
It was recombined as Kenyapithecus africanus by Leakey (1968); it was recombined as Equatorius africanus by Ward et al. (1999).
It was recombined as Kenyapithecus africanus by Leakey (1968); it was recombined as Equatorius africanus by Ward et al. (1999).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1951 | Sivapithecus africanus Le Gros Clark and Leakey |
| 1968 | Kenyapithecus africanus Leakey p. 827 |
| 1999 | Equatorius africanus Ward et al. p. 1383 |
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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.
†Equatorius africanus Le Gros Clark and Leakey 1951
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979 | |||||
Age range: Langhian or 15.98000 to 13.82000 Ma
Collections (8 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Langhian | Kenya (Nyanza) | Ramapithecus wickeri (21338) Sivapithecus africanus (21339) | |
| Langhian | Kenya | Kenyapithecus africanus (22070 22071 22078 22082) | |
| Langhian - Serravallian | Kenya | Kenyapithecus africanus (22304) | |
| Middle Miocene | Kenya | Equatorius africanus (21724) |