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Libypithecus
Taxonomy
Libypithecus was named by Stromer (1913). It is not extant.
It was assigned to Cercopithecidae by McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Colobidae by Jablonski (2002).
It was assigned to Cercopithecidae by McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Colobidae by Jablonski (2002).
Species
Entered
by J. Alroy on 2003-01-23; modified by L. van den Hoek Ostende on 2013-04-30
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1913 | Libypithecus Stromer |
| 1997 | Libypithecus McKenna and Bell |
| 2002 | Libypithecus Jablonski |
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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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991 | |||||
Age range: base of the Zanclean to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 5.33300 to 2.58000 Ma
Collections (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tortonian - Zanclean | Ethiopia | L. sp. (22179) | |
| Zanclean - Piacenzian | Libya | L. markgrafi (240596) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | Egypt (Al Buhayrah) | L. markgrafi (42119) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | Egypt | L. markgrafi (22592) |