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Morotopithecus
Taxonomy
Morotopithecus was named by Gebo et al. (1997). It is not extant. Its type is Morotopithecus bishopi.
It was synonymized subjectively with Afropithecus by Pickford et al. (2003) and Harrison and Andrews (2009).
It was assigned to Hominoidea by Gebo et al. (1997); and to Proconsulidae by Zalmout et al. (2010).
It was synonymized subjectively with Afropithecus by Pickford et al. (2003) and Harrison and Andrews (2009).
It was assigned to Hominoidea by Gebo et al. (1997); and to Proconsulidae by Zalmout et al. (2010).
Species
M. bishopi (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1997 | Morotopithecus Gebo et al. p. 404 |
| 2010 | Morotopithecus Zalmout et al. pp. Supp. 4 figs. Table 2 |
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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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| References: Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||