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Dryopithecinae
Taxonomy
Dryopithecinae is a subfamily. It is not extant.
It was assigned to Pongidae by Simons and Chopra (1969); to Dryopithecidae by Pilbeam et al. (1977); and to Hominidae by Andrews (1992), Cameron (1997), Alba et al. (2012).
It was assigned to Pongidae by Simons and Chopra (1969); to Dryopithecidae by Pilbeam et al. (1977); and to Hominidae by Andrews (1992), Cameron (1997), Alba et al. (2012).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1969 | Dryopithecinae Simons and Chopra p. 3 |
| 1977 | Dryopithecinae Pilbeam et al. p. 695 |
| 1992 | Dryopithecinae Andrews p. 642 |
| 1997 | Dryopithecinae Cameron |
| 2012 | Dryopithecinae Alba 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.
Subfm. †Dryopithecinae
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Tr. †Afropithecini Andrews 1992
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Tr. †Kenyapithecini
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G. †Limnopithecus Hopwood 1933
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†Limnopithecus evansi MacInnes 1943
†Limnopithecus legetet Hopwood 1933
G. †Udabnopithecus Burchak-Abramovich and Gabashvili 1945
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†Udabnopithecus garedziensis Burtshak and Gabashvili 1945
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the MN 11 or 20.45000 to 7.90000 Ma
Collections (14 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Miocene | Kenya | Kenyapithecus walkeri (70808) | |
| Burdigalian | South Africa (Namaqualand) | Kenyapithecus sp. (51190) | |
| Burdigalian | Kenya | Limnopithecus evansi (87341) | |
| Burdigalian | Uganda | Limnopithecus legetet (192070) | |
| Langhian | Kenya | Kenyapithecus sp. (22071 22082) Kenyapithecus wickeri, Limnopithecus legetet (22070) Limnopithecus legetet (22069 22078 22081) | |
| Middle Miocene | Namibia | Otavipithecus namibiensis (201487) | |
| Serravallian | Kenya (Central Nyanza) | Limnopithecus legetet (21340) | |
| MN 6 - MN 7 + 8 | Slovakia | Griphopithecus suessi (69712) | |
| MN 11 | Georgia | Udabnopithecus garedziensis (75087) |