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Taxonomy
Dryopithecus giganteus was named by Pilgrim (1915). Its type specimen is GSI D. 175, a tooth (right lower third molar), and it is a 3D body fossil.
It was recombined as Indopithecus giganteus by von Koenigswald (1949); it was synonymized subjectively with Dryopithecus indicus by Simons and Pilbeam (1971); it was recombined as Gigantopithecus giganteus by Kay (1982).
It was recombined as Indopithecus giganteus by von Koenigswald (1949); it was synonymized subjectively with Dryopithecus indicus by Simons and Pilbeam (1971); it was recombined as Gigantopithecus giganteus by Kay (1982).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1915 | Dryopithecus giganteus Pilgrim |
| 1949 | Indopithecus giganteus von Koenigswald |
| 1982 | Gigantopithecus giganteus Kay p. 211 |
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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.
†Gigantopithecus giganteus Pilgrim 1915
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Diagnosis
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979 | |||||
Collections
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