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Taxonomy
Limnopithecus was named by Hopwood (1933). It is not extant.
It was assigned to Dryopithecinae by Pilbeam et al. (1977); to Pliopithecidae by McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Catarrhini by Zalmout et al. (2010).
It was assigned to Dryopithecinae by Pilbeam et al. (1977); to Pliopithecidae by McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Catarrhini by Zalmout et al. (2010).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1933 | Limnopithecus Hopwood |
| 1977 | Limnopithecus Pilbeam et al. p. 694 |
| 1997 | Limnopithecus McKenna and Bell |
| 2010 | Limnopithecus Zalmout et al. pp. Supp. 4 figs. Table 2 |
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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. †Limnopithecus Hopwood 1933
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†Limnopithecus evansi MacInnes 1943
†Limnopithecus legetet Hopwood 1933
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, Nowak 1991, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Serravallian or 20.44000 to 11.62000 Ma
Collections (7 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Burdigalian | Uganda | L. legetet (192070) | |
| Burdigalian | Kenya | L. evansi (87341) | |
| Langhian | Kenya | L. legetet (22069 22070 22078 22081) | |
| Serravallian | Kenya (Central Nyanza) | L. legetet (21340) |