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Proconsul gitongai

Mammalia - Primates - Proconsulidae

Taxonomy
Ugandapithecus gitongai was named by Pickford and Kunimatsu (2005).

It was recombined as Proconsul gitongai by Harrison and Andrews (2009) and McNulty et al. (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2005Ugandapithecus gitongai Pickford and Kunimatsu
2009Proconsul gitongai Harrison and Andrews p. 481
2015Proconsul gitongai McNulty et al.

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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
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—Euarchonta
orderPrimates
infraorderHaplorhini(Pocock 1918)
—Anthropoidea(Mivart 1864)
infraorderCatarrhiniGeoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1812
superfamilyHominoideaGray 1825
familyProconsulidaeLeakey 1963
genusProconsulHopwood 1933
speciesgitongai(Pickford and Kunimatsu 2005)

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.

†Proconsul gitongai Pickford and Kunimatsu 2005
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available