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Pithecia (saki)

Mammalia - Primates - Pitheciidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1804Pithecia Desmarest
1811Pithecia Illiger p. 70
1974Pithecia Hershkovitz
2005Pithecia Wilson and Reeder
2006Pithecia Opazo et al. p. 277

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Eugnathostomata
Teleostomi(Bonaparte 1836)
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
Euarchonta
orderPrimates
infraorderHaplorhini(Pocock 1918)
Anthropoidea(Mivart 1864)
infraorderPlatyrrhiniGeoffroy 1812
familyPitheciidaeMivart 1865
genusPitheciaDesmarest 1804

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. Pithecia Desmarest 1804 [saki]
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Pithecia aequatorialis Hershkovitz 1987
Pithecia cazuzai Marsh 2014
Pithecia chrysocephala Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1850
Pithecia hirsuta Spix 1823
Pithecia inusta Spix 1823
Pithecia isabela Marsh 2014
Pithecia milleri Allen 1914
Pithecia monachus Geoffroy 1812 [monk saki]
Pithecia napensis Lönnberg 1938
Pithecia pithecia Linnaeus 1766
Pithecia rylandsi Marsh 2014
Pithecia vanzolinii Hershkovitz 1987
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean

Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Life habit: arborealo
Diet: omnivoreo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-26 13:27:51
Modified: 2005-08-26 15:27:51
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: Holocene or 0.01170 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.0 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Brazil (Districto Agropecura) Pithecia pithecia (21687)