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Parapithecidae
Taxonomy
Parapithecidae was named by Schlosser (1911). It is not extant. It was considered monophyletic by Kay et al. (2004).
It was assigned to Hominoidea by Simons (1992); to Anthropoidea by Beard et al. (1994) and Gunnell and Miller (2001); to Parapithecoidea by Carroll (1988), Simons (2001) and Kay et al. (2004); and to Parapithecoidea by Seiffert et al. (2005).
It was assigned to Hominoidea by Simons (1992); to Anthropoidea by Beard et al. (1994) and Gunnell and Miller (2001); to Parapithecoidea by Carroll (1988), Simons (2001) and Kay et al. (2004); and to Parapithecoidea by Seiffert et al. (2005).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1911 | Parapithecidae Schlosser |
| 1988 | Parapithecidae Carroll |
| 1992 | Parapithecidae Simons p. 10743 |
| 1994 | Parapithecidae Beard et al. p. 609 |
| 2001 | Parapithecidae Gunnell and Miller p. 178 |
| 2001 | Parapithecidae Simons p. 7892 |
| 2004 | Parapithecidae Kay et al. p. 100 |
| 2005 | Parapithecidae Seiffert et al. p. 301 |
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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.
Fm. †Parapithecidae Schlosser 1911
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G. †Biretia de Bonis et al. 1988
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†Biretia fayumensis Seiffert et al. 2005
†Biretia megalopsis Seiffert et al. 2005
†Biretia piveteaui de Bonis et al. 1988
Subfm. †Parapithecinae Schlosser 1911
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G. †Simonsius Gingerich 1978
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†Simonsius grangeri Simons 1974
†Simonsius harujensis Mattingly et al. 2021
Subfm. †Qatraniinae Kay and Williams 1994
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G. †Apidium Osborn 1908
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†Apidium bowni Simons 1995
†Apidium kraeusei Kiesow 1896
†Apidium moustafai Simons 1962
†Apidium phiomense Osborn 1908
†Apidium phiomensis Osborn 1908
†Apidium zuetina Beard et al. 2016
G. †Qatrania Simons and Kay 1983
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†Qatrania basiodontos Simons et al. 2001
†Qatrania fleaglei Simons and Kay 1988
†Qatrania wingi Simons and Kay 1983
Invalid names: Abuqatrania Simons et al. 2001 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999, Ji et al. 2002 | |||||
Age range: base of the Priabonian to the top of the Rupelian or 38.00000 to 28.10000 Ma
Collections (15 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene | Libya (Sirt) | Biretia piveteaui (175361) | |
| Bartonian - Priabonian | Algeria | Biretia piveteaui (59733) | |
| Priabonian | Egypt | Biretia fayumensis, Biretia megalopsis (67706) | |
| Early/Lower Oligocene | Oman (Dhofar) | Parapithecidae indet., Apidium indet. (162464) | |
| Early/Lower Oligocene | Libya (Sirt Basin) | Apidium zuetina, Simonsius harujensis (166446) | |
| Rupelian | Egypt (Fayum) | Abuqatrania basiodontos (60127) Apidium bowni (12950) Apidium phiomense, Parapithecidae indet. (12954) Apidium phiomense, Parapithecus grangeri, Qatrania fleaglei (12960) Qatrania wingi (12968) | |
| Rupelian | Peru (Departamento de Ucayali) | Ucayalipithecus perdita (149523) | |
| Rupelian | Egypt | Apidium moustafai (71943) Apidium phiomense (88347) Parapithecus fraasi (88348) | |
| Late/Upper Oligocene | Kenya | Lokonepithecus manai (174672) |