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Paracolobus mutiwa

Osteichthyes - Primates - Cercopithecidae

Taxonomy
Paracolobus mutiwa was named by Leakey (1982). It is not extant. Its type specimen is KNM-ER 3843, a maxilla (a female right maxilla and premaxilla with P4–M3 and some cranial fragments).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1982Paracolobus mutiwa Leakey
2002Paracolobus mutiwa Jablonski
2007Paracolobus mutiwa 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()
—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
subfamilyColobinaeJerdon 1867
genusParacolobusLeakey 1969
speciesmutiwaLeakey 1982

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.

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

Age range: base of the Piacenzian to the top of the Gelasian or 3.60000 to 1.80000 Ma

Collections (35 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Ethiopia Paracolobus mutiwa (21754 21755)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Ethiopia Paracolobus mutiwa (21608 21640 22030)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Kenya Paracolobus mutiwa (21503)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Kenya (Rift Valley) Paracolobus mutiwa (21354)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Ethiopia Paracolobus 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)