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Colobini

Mammalia - Primates - Cercopithecidae

Taxonomy
Colobini was named by Blyth (1875). It is extant.

It was assigned to Colobinae by Jablonski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1875Colobini Blyth
2002Colobini Jablonski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
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
tribeColobiniBlyth 1875
tribeColobiniBlyth 1875

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.

Tr. Colobini Blyth 1875
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G. †Microcolobus Benefit and Pickford 1986
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†Microcolobus tugenensis Benefit and Pickford 1986
G. †Rhinocolobus 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: Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Serravallian to the top of the Gelasian or 13.82000 to 1.80600 Ma

Collections (49 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Kenya Microcolobus tugenensis (22292)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Kenya Microcolobus sp. (219711)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Ethiopia Rhinocolobus turkanaensis (21754 21755)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Ethiopia Rhinocolobus turkanaensis (21608 21634 21640 21783 21785 22030 22031 22034)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Kenya Rhinocolobus turkanaensis (21394 21398 21418 21457 21504)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Ethiopia Rhinocolobus turkanaensis (21553 21555 21561 21605 21607 21614 21617 21618 21621 21625 21626 21632 21633 21642 21647 21657 21663 21668 21670 21671 21674 21675 21681 21682 21684 21741 21747 21964 21994 22009 22017 22022)