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Equatorius africanus

Mammalia - Primates

Taxonomy
Sivapithecus africanus was named by Le Gros Clark and Leakey (1951). It is the type species of Equatorius.

It was recombined as Kenyapithecus africanus by Leakey (1968); it was recombined as Equatorius africanus by Ward et al. (1999).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1951Sivapithecus africanus Le Gros Clark and Leakey
1968Kenyapithecus africanus Leakey p. 827
1999Equatorius africanus Ward et al. p. 1383

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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
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
genusEquatorius
speciesafricanus(Le Gros Clark and Leakey 1951)

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.

Equatorius africanus Le Gros Clark and Leakey 1951
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available