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Mesopithecus pentelicus

Mammalia - Primates - Cercopithecidae

Taxonomy
Mesopithecus pentelicus was named by Wagner (1839).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1839Mesopithecus pentelicus Wagner
1981Mesopithecus pentelicus Heintz et al. p. 275
2002Mesopithecus pentelicus Jablonski
2005Mesopithecus pentelicus Delson et al. p. 164

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—Euarchonta
orderPrimates
infraorderHaplorhini(Pocock 1918)
—Anthropoidea(Mivart 1864)
infraorderCatarrhiniGeoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1812
superfamilyCercopithecoidea
familyCercopithecidae
subfamilyColobinaeJerdon 1867
genusMesopithecusWagner 1839
speciespentelicusWagner 1839

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.

†Mesopithecus pentelicus Wagner 1839
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: arborealf
Diet: frugivoref
Diet 2: folivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-22 19:20:00
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991

Age range: Messinian or 7.24600 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Mesopithecus pentelicus (197462)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Greece (Attica) Mesopithecus pentelicus (202630)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Greece (Attiki) Mesopithecus pentelicus (195562)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Bulgaria (Blagoevgrad) Mesopithecus pentelicus (197445)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Greece (Macedonia) Mesopithecus pentelicus (32374 32375 32376)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Greece (Makedonia Thraki) Mesopithecus pentelicus (157582)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Bulgaria Mesopithecus pentelicus (208569)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Greece (Chalkidona) Mesopithecus pentelicus (195489)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Greece (Central Macedonia) Mesopithecus pentelicus (32189)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Afghanistan Mesopithecus pentelicus (75492)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy (Piedmont) Mesopithecus pentelicus (199860)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy (Ravenna) Mesopithecus pentelicus (144566)