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Kamoyapithecus hamiltoni
Taxonomy
Proconsul hamiltoni was named by Madden (1980). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lothidok Hill, which is in an Oligocene terrestrial horizon in the Erageleit Formation of Kenya. It is the type species of Kamoyapithecus.
It was recombined as Kamoyapithecus hamiltoni by Leakey et al. (1995).
It was recombined as Kamoyapithecus hamiltoni by Leakey et al. (1995).
Entered
by P. Mannion on 2015-11-23
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1980 | Proconsul hamiltoni Madden |
| 1995 | Kamoyapithecus hamiltoni Leakey et al. |
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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.
†Kamoyapithecus hamiltoni Madden 1980
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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, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Oligocene to the top of the Aquitanian or 27.30000 to 20.45000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late/Upper Oligocene | Kenya (Turkana) | Proconsul hamiltoni (174662) | |
| Aquitanian | Kenya (Rift Valley) | Kamoyapithecus hamiltoni (174664) |