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Oligopithecus
Taxonomy
Oligopithecus was named by Simons (1962). Its type is Oligopithecus savagei.
It was assigned to Catarrhini by Simons (1962); to Pongidae by McKenna and Bell (1997); to Propliopithecidae by Gunnell and Miller (2001); and to Propliopithecoidea by Zalmout et al. (2010).
It was assigned to Catarrhini by Simons (1962); to Pongidae by McKenna and Bell (1997); to Propliopithecidae by Gunnell and Miller (2001); and to Propliopithecoidea by Zalmout et al. (2010).
Species
O. rogeri, O. savagei (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1962 | Oligopithecus Simons |
| 1997 | Oligopithecus McKenna and Bell |
| 2001 | Oligopithecus Gunnell and Miller p. 178 |
| 2010 | Oligopithecus 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. †Oligopithecus Simons 1962
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†Oligopithecus rogeri Gheerbrant et al. 1995
†Oligopithecus savagei Simons 1962
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002 | |||||
Age range: Early/Lower Oligocene or 33.90000 to 28.40000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Oligocene | Oman (Dhofar) | O. rogeri (162464) | |
| Rupelian | Egypt (Fayum) | O. savagei (12968) |