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Theropithecus (gelada)

Osteichthyes - Primates - Cercopithecidae

Taxonomy
Theropithecus was named by Geoffroy (1843). It is extant.

It was assigned to Cercopithecidae by McKenna and Bell (1997); to Cercopithecinae by Wilson and Reeder (2005); and to Papionina by Jablonski (2002), Xing et al. (2005), Jablonski and Frost (2010).

Species
T. (Omopithecus), T. darti, T. gelada (syn. Gelada ruppellii), T. oswaldi
Species lacking formal opinion data
T. atlanticus, T. barlowi
Entered
by J. Alroy on 2003-01-23; modified by J. Alroy on 2013-04-30

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1843Theropithecus Geoffroy
1843Gelada Gray
1916Simopithecus Andrews
1997Theropithecus McKenna and Bell
2002Theropithecus Jablonski
2005Theropithecus Wilson and Reeder
2005Theropithecus Xing et al.
2010Theropithecus Jablonski and Frost

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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()
—Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
—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
subfamilyCercopithecinae
tribePapionini
subtribePapionina
genusTheropithecusGeoffroy 1843

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. Theropithecus Geoffroy 1843 [gelada]
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†Theropithecus darti Broom and Jepsen 1946
Theropithecus gelada Rüppell 1835 [gelada]
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Invalid names: Gelada ruppellii Gray 1843 [synonym]
†Theropithecus oswaldi Andrews 1916
Invalid names: Gelada Gray 1843 [synonym], Simopithecus Andrews 1916 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean

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, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Pliocene to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 5.33300 to 0.12900 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 3.6 Ma

Collections (173 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Kenya Theropithecus sp. (232486)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Kenya (Turkana District) Theropithecus sp. (198275)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Kenya Theropithecus brumpti (21428)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Ethiopia Theropithecus oswaldi (22131) Theropithecus sp. (22174) Theropithecus sp., Theropithecus oswaldi (22133)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Ethiopia (Afar) Theropithecus sp. (70907)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Kenya Theropithecus brumpti (201489)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58South Africa Simopithecus darti (22355)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.58Kenya Theropithecus brumpti (22239)
Zanclean - Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Kenya Theropithecus barlowi (22267)
Zanclean - Calabrian5.333 - 0.774Kenya Theropithecus oswaldi (21369 21395 21399 21417 21473 21506)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Malawi Theropithecus sp. (22323)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Congo-Kinshasa Theropithecus sp. (22346)
Zanclean - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Ethiopia Theropithecus oswaldi (22197)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58South Africa Simopithecus darti (22340)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Morocco Theropithecus atlanticus (32052)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Ethiopia (Afar) Theropithecus sp. (224654)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Ethiopia Theropithecus brumpti (21608 21640) Theropithecus darti (21783 21785) Theropithecus oswaldi (22347)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Kenya (Turkana District) Theropithecus sp. (21334)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Kenya Theropithecus brumpti (21519)
Piacenzian - Gelasian3.6 - 1.8Ethiopia (Afar) Theropithecus sp. (224657)
Piacenzian - Gelasian3.6 - 1.8Kenya (Rift Valley) Theropithecus brumpti (21344)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.774Kenya (Rift Valley) Theropithecus oswaldi (21291 21352) Theropithecus sp. (21289)
Piacenzian - Calabrian3.6 - 0.774Kenya Theropithecus oswaldi (21490)
Piacenzian - Pleistocene3.6 - 0.0117Kenya Simopithecus sp. (22238)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Ethiopia Theropithecus brumpti (21544 21545 21547 21555 21560 21564 21570 21571 21572 21573 21574 21587 21595 21602 21605 21606 21609 21611 21613 21627 21628 21630 21646 21649 21651 21652 21657 21659 21661 21662 21673 21738 21747 21752 21994 21995 21996 21997 21999 22000 22001 22006 22020 22022 22023 22026 22039 22040) Theropithecus oswaldi (21578 21583 21610 21619 21621 21645 21666 21672 21678 21988 22015) Theropithecus oswaldi, Theropithecus brumpti (21625 21632 21663 21668 21669 21670 21683 21742 21966 22007)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Kenya Theropithecus oswaldi (21446 21451) Theropithecus sp. (32116)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Kenya (Rift Valley) Theropithecus brumpti (21280 21282 21283 21345 21354 21355) Theropithecus oswaldi (21305)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Ethiopia (Afar) Theropithecus sp. (224655)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Tanzania Simopithecus oswaldi, Theropithecus oswaldi (22596)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774South Africa Theropithecus oswaldi (21824)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Spain (Murcia) Theropithecus oswaldi (34911)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Italy (Foggia) Theropithecus sp. (49308)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.58 - 0.774Kenya Theropithecus oswaldi (21377 21416 21442 21453 21456 21466 21470 21499 21500 21522)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.58 - 0.774Ethiopia (Ethiopian Rift) Theropithecus oswaldi (22491 22492 22493 22494 22498)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Morocco Theropithecus oswaldi (34329)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Kenya Simopithecus sp. (22269) Theropithecus oswaldi (38039 38040) Theropithecus sp. (21836 21837 21838 21843 21846 21848 21850 22268 22270)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117South Africa Theropithecus oswaldi (21825 21828)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Algeria Theropithecus oswaldi (22584)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Kenya Theropithecus oswaldi (21414 21524 21526 32060) Theropithecus sp. (32088)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Kenya (Rift Valley) Theropithecus oswaldi (21294 21298 21343 21347 21348)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Tanzania Theropithecus oswaldi (22614 22620 22627)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Morocco Theropithecus oswaldi (34287 34330)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Djibouti Theropithecus sp. (209750)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Kenya Theropithecus oswaldi (22272)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Ethiopia Theropithecus oswaldi (22134 22138 22156) Theropithecus sp. (22172)