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Oligopithecidae
Taxonomy
Oligopithecinae was named by Simons (1989). It is not extant. It was considered monophyletic by Kay et al. (2004).
It was reranked as the family Oligopithecidae by Kay et al. (2004).
It was assigned to Propliopithecidae by Simons (1989); and to Anthropoidea by Beard et al. (1994), Kay et al. (2004).
It was reranked as the family Oligopithecidae by Kay et al. (2004).
It was assigned to Propliopithecidae by Simons (1989); and to Anthropoidea by Beard et al. (1994), Kay et al. (2004).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1989 | Oligopithecinae Simons p. 9956 |
| 1994 | Oligopithecinae Beard et al. p. 609 |
| 2004 | Oligopithecidae Kay et al. p. 100 |
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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.
Fm. †Oligopithecidae Simons 1989
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: base of the Middle Eocene to the top of the Early/Lower Oligocene or 48.07000 to 27.30000 Ma
Collections (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene | Libya (Sirt) | Talahpithecus parvus (175361) | |
| Early/Lower Oligocene | Oman (Dhofar) | Oligopithecinae indet. (175334) | |
| Rupelian | Egypt (Fayum) | Catopithecus browni (60127) Oligopithecidae indet. (12960) |