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Cebupithecia

Mammalia - Primates - Pitheciidae

Taxonomy
Cebupithecia was named by Stirton and Savage (1950). It is not extant. It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type is Cebupithecia sarmientoi. It is the type genus of Cebupithecinae.

It was assigned to Cebupithecinae by Hershkovitz (1974); to Atelidae by McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Pitheciini by Kay et al. (1998).

Species
C. sarmientoi (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1950Cebupithecia Stirton and Savage
1974Cebupithecia Hershkovitz
1997Cebupithecia McKenna and Bell
1998Cebupithecia Kay et al.

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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
infraorderHaplorhini(Pocock 1918)
—Anthropoidea(Mivart 1864)
infraorderPlatyrrhiniGeoffroy 1812
familyPitheciidaeMivart 1865
tribePitheciiniGray 1849
genusCebupithecia

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. †Cebupithecia Stirton and Savage 1950
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†Cebupithecia sarmientoi Stirton and Savage 1950
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
Depth at p2 height116.6----
Distal Humerus Medial trochlea height24.794.694.904.790.148
Distal Humerus lateral trochlea height24.594.234.984.610.530
Upper C root height110.0----

Composition: phosphaticsubp
Maximum body mass: 3 kgs
Minimum body mass: 2 kgs
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: s = species, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Meldrum and Kay 1997, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999

Age range: base of the Laventan to the top of the Middle Miocene or 13.80000 to 11.60800 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Colombia (Huila) C. sarmientoi (85201)
Laventan13.8 - 11.0Colombia (Huila) C. sarmientoi (133648 186787 187891)