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Paracolobus

Osteichthyes - Primates - Cercopithecidae

Taxonomy
Paracolobus was named by Leakey (1969). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Cercopithecidae by McKenna and Bell (1997); to Colobidae by Jablonski (2002); and to Colobinae by Hlusko (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1969Paracolobus Leakey
1997Paracolobus McKenna and Bell
2002Paracolobus Jablonski
2007Paracolobus Hlusko

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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
genusParacolobusLeakey 1969

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. †Paracolobus Leakey 1969
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†Paracolobus chemeroni Leakey 1969
†Paracolobus enkorikae Hlusko 2007
†Paracolobus mutiwa Leakey 1982
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: Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991

Age range: base of the Zanclean to the top of the Gelasian or 5.33300 to 1.80000 Ma

Collections (56 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene - Pliocene23.04 - 2.58Uganda P. sp. (22405 22461)
Tortonian - Zanclean11.63 - 3.6Ethiopia P. chemeroni (22158 22179)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Ethiopia P. sp. (22160)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Ethiopia P. mutiwa (21754 21755)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Uganda P. sp. (22256)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Tanzania (Eastern Drift Valley) P. sp. (32050)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.58Tanzania P. sp. (21830)
Zanclean - Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Kenya P. chemeroni (22267 22281)
Zanclean - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Ethiopia P. chemeroni (22197)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Ethiopia P. mutiwa (21608 21640 22030)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Tanzania P. sp. (21789 21793 21798 21801 21807 21810 21812 21818 21831 21832)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Kenya P. mutiwa (21503)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Ethiopia P. mutiwa (21547 21554 21555 21568 21569 21592 21607 21614 21617 21621 21632 21635 21642 21651 21656 21668 21673 21681 21682 21740 21751 21987 21988 22001 22013 22014 22018 22020)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Kenya (Rift Valley) P. mutiwa (21354)