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Pliopithecus (Epipliopithecus)

Osteichthyes - Primates - Pliopithecidae

Taxonomy
Pliopithecus (Epipliopithecus) was named by Zapfe and Hürzeler (1957). It is not extant.

It was reranked as Epipliopithecus by Harrison (2002).

It was assigned to Pliopithecus by Zapfe and Hürzeler (1957); and to Pliopithecinae by Harrison (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by A. Wisniewski (authorized by G. Slater) on 2019-04-18

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Pliopithecus (Epipliopithecus) Zapfe and Hürzeler
2002Epipliopithecus Harrison

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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
genusPliopithecusGervais 1849
subgenusEpipliopithecus

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.

Subg. †Pliopithecus (Epipliopithecus) Zapfe and Hürzeler 1957
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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: Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988
Collections
No collection or age range data are available