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Catopithecus browni
Taxonomy
Catopithecus browni was named by Simons (1989). Its type specimen is CGM 41885, a mandible (right mandible), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Quarry L-41 (Jebel Qatrani Formation), which is in a Rupelian lacustrine mudstone in the Jebel Qatrani Formation of Egypt. It is the type species of Catopithecus.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1989 | Catopithecus browni Simons p. 9957 |
| 1999 | Catopithecus browni Simons et al. |
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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.
†Catopithecus browni Simons 1989
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999 | |||||