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Mesopithecus
Taxonomy
Mesopithecus was named by Wagner (1839).
It was assigned to Cynopithecinae by Schlosser (1877); to Cercopithecidae by McKenna and Bell (1997); to Colobidae by Jablonski (2002); and to Colobinae by Heintz et al. (1981), Delson et al. (2005).
It was assigned to Cynopithecinae by Schlosser (1877); to Cercopithecidae by McKenna and Bell (1997); to Colobidae by Jablonski (2002); and to Colobinae by Heintz et al. (1981), Delson et al. (2005).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1839 | Mesopithecus Wagner |
| 1877 | Mesopithecus Schlosser p. 18 |
| 1981 | Mesopithecus Heintz et al. p. 275 |
| 1997 | Mesopithecus McKenna and Bell |
| 2002 | Mesopithecus Jablonski |
| 2005 | Mesopithecus Delson et al. p. 164 |
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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.
G. †Mesopithecus Wagner 1839
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†Mesopithecus monspessulanus Gervais 1859
†Mesopithecus pentelicus Wagner 1839
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991 | |||||
Age range: base of the Serravallian to the top of the MN 14 or 13.82000 to 4.16000 Ma
Collections (20 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serravallian | Ukraine (Odessa) | M. pentelici (75786) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | North Macedonia | M. pentelicus (197462) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Bulgaria (Blagoevgrad) | M. pentelicus (197445) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Greece (Attica) | M. pentelici (182754) M. pentelicus (202630) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Greece (Chalkidona) | M. pentelici (182745) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Greece (Attiki) | M. pentelicus (195562) | |
| Turolian | Afghanistan | M. pentelicus (75492) | |
| Turolian | Bulgaria | M. pentelicus (208569) | |
| Turolian | Greece (Central Macedonia) | M. pentelicus (32189) | |
| Turolian | Greece (Macedonia) | M. pentelicus (32374 32375 32376) | |
| Turolian | Greece (Chalkidona) | M. pentelicus (195489) | |
| Turolian | Greece (Makedonia Thraki) | M. pentelicus (157582) | |
| Messinian | Italy (Ravenna) | M. pentelicus (144566) | |
| Messinian | Italy (Piedmont) | M. pentelicus (199860) | |
| Pliocene | Romania | M. monspessulanus (40113) | |
| MN 14 | Bulgaria | M. monspessulanus (71061) | |
| Ruscinian | Italy (Tuscany) | M. monspessulanus (49333) |