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Cercopithecoides

Osteichthyes - Primates - Cercopithecidae

Taxonomy
Cercopithecoides was named by Mollett (1947). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Cercopithecidae by McKenna and Bell (1997); to Colobidae by Jablonski (2002); and to Colobinae by Pallas et al. (2019).

Species
C. alemayehui, C. bruneti, C. haasgati, C. kerioensis, C. kimeui, C. meavae, C. williamsi
Species lacking formal opinion data
C. broomi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1947Cercopithecoides Mollett
1997Cercopithecoides McKenna and Bell
2002Cercopithecoides Jablonski
2019Cercopithecoides Pallas et al.

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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()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—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
superfamilyCercopithecoidea
familyCercopithecidae
subfamilyColobinaeJerdon 1867
genusCercopithecoidesMollett 1947

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. †Cercopithecoides Mollett 1947
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†Cercopithecoides alemayehui Gilbert and Frost 2008
†Cercopithecoides bruneti Pallas et al. 2019
†Cercopithecoides haasgati McKee et al. 2011
†Cercopithecoides kerioensis Leakey et al. 2003
†Cercopithecoides kimeui Leakey 1982
†Cercopithecoides meavae Frost and Delson 2002
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: arborealf
Diet: frugivoref
Diet 2: folivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-22 19:20:00
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Zanclean to the top of the Calabrian or 5.33300 to 0.77400 Ma

Collections (29 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Kenya C. sp. (232486)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.58Kenya C. kerioensis (22235)
Pliocene - Calabrian5.333 - 0.774South Africa C. williamsi (21791)
Zanclean - Calabrian5.333 - 0.774Kenya C. sp. (21399 21417 21506)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117South Africa C. williamsi (207105)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58South Africa C. broomi (22340)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Kenya C. kimeui (21480 21530)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Pleistocene3.6 - 0.0117South Africa C. williamsi (22332 22333)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Kenya C. williamsi (21418 21420 21504) C. williamsi, C. kimeui (21398 21503)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774South Africa C. sp. (21824)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774South Africa (Gauteng) C. williamsi (183152)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.58 - 0.774Kenya C. kimeui (21370 21396 21476) C. sp. (21500)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117South Africa C. williamsi (21825 22329)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Kenya C. sp. (21414)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Tanzania C. kimeui (21970 22041 22064)