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Dolichopithecus

Mammalia - Primates - Cercopithecidae

Taxonomy
Dolichopithecus was named by Depéret (1889). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Cercopithecidae by Kurten (1968) and McKenna and Bell (1997); to Colobidae by Jablonski (2002); and to Colobinae by Koufos et al. (1991) and Delson et al. (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1889Dolichopithecus Depéret
1968Dolichopithecus Kurten p. 59
1991Dolichopithecus Koufos et al. p. 285
1997Dolichopithecus McKenna and Bell
2002Dolichopithecus Jablonski
2005Dolichopithecus Delson et al. p. 161

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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
superfamilyCercopithecoidea
familyCercopithecidae
subfamilyColobinaeJerdon 1867
genusDolichopithecusDepéret 1889

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.

G. †Dolichopithecus Depéret 1889
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†Dolichopithecus arvernensis Depéret 1929
†Dolichopithecus ruscinensis Depéret 1889
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Invalid names: Dolichopithecus hipsulophus Gremyatski 1958 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: arborealf
Diet: frugivoref
Diet 2: folivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-22 19:20:00
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991

Age range: base of the MN 14 to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 4.90000 to 0.12900 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Bulgaria (Yambol) D. sp. (184410)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Moldova D. sp., D. ruscinensis (198590)
Ruscinian5.333 - 3.2Romania D. sp. (40796)
Ruscinian5.333 - 3.2Spain (Soria) D. ruscinensis (40548)
Ruscinian5.333 - 3.2Greece D. ruscinensis (214080)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Romania D. ruscinensis (40113 40114)
Ruscinian - Villanyian5.333 - 2.588Hungary (Barany) D. sp. (35354)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117France (Auvergne-Rhône-Alps) D. arvernensis (44231)
MN 144.9 - 4.2Ukraine D. ruscinensis (50908)
MN 144.9 - 4.2Bulgaria D. ruscinensis (71061)
MN 14 - MN 154.9 - 3.2Moldova D. ruscinensis (50915)
MN 154.2 - 3.2Moldova D. sp. (50941)
MN 163.2 - 2.588France D. arvernensis (47099)
Villanyian3.2 - 2.588Hungary D. arvernensis (35381)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129France (Provence) D. arvernensis (48890)