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Proteopithecus
Taxonomy
Proteopithecus was named by Simons (1989). Its type is Proteopithecus sylviae. It is the type genus of Proteopithecidae.
It was assigned to Oligopithecinae by Simons (1989); to Anthropoidea by Gunnell and Miller (2001); and to Proteopithecidae by Simons (1997), Simons et al. (1999), Seiffert et al. (2005).
It was assigned to Oligopithecinae by Simons (1989); to Anthropoidea by Gunnell and Miller (2001); and to Proteopithecidae by Simons (1997), Simons et al. (1999), Seiffert et al. (2005).
Species
P. sylviae (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1989 | Proteopithecus Simons p. 9957 |
| 1997 | Proteopithecus Simons p. 14970 |
| 1999 | Proteopithecus Simons et al. |
| 2001 | Proteopithecus Gunnell and Miller p. 178 |
| 2005 | Proteopithecus Seiffert et al. p. 302 |
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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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||