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Komba

Mammalia - Primates - Galagidae

Taxonomy
Komba was named by Simpson (1967). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Lorisidae by Walker (1969) and McKenna and Bell (1997); to Galagidae by Seiffert et al. (2005); and to Kombinae by Harrison (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Komba Simpson
1969Komba Walker p. 648
1997Komba McKenna and Bell
2005Komba Seiffert et al. p. 11399
2010Komba Harrison

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
Euarchonta
orderPrimates
suborderStrepsirrhiniGeoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1812
infraorderLorisiformesGregory 1915
superfamilyLorisoidea
familyGalagidaeMivart 1864
subfamilyKombinae
genusKombaSimpson 1967

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.

G. †Komba Simpson 1967
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Komba minor Le Gros Clark and Thomas 1952
Komba robustus Le Gros Clark and Thomas 1952
Komba walkeri Harrison 2010
Komba winamensis McCrossin 1992
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: arborealo
Diet: insectivoref
Diet 2: frugivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-06-08 12:11:09
Source: f = family, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991

Age range: Langhian or 15.97000 to 13.82000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.03 - 11.608Uganda K. minor (28293)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Kenya K. winamensis (22078)