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Paracolobus

Mammalia - Primates - Cercopithecidae

Taxonomy
Paracolobus was named by Leakey (1969). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Cercopithecidae by McKenna and Bell (1997); to Colobidae by Jablonski (2002); and to Colobinae by Hlusko (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1969Paracolobus Leakey
1997Paracolobus McKenna and Bell
2002Paracolobus Jablonski
2007Paracolobus Hlusko

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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
genusParacolobusLeakey 1969

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. †Paracolobus Leakey 1969
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Paracolobus chemeroni Leakey 1969
Paracolobus enkorikae Hlusko 2007
Paracolobus mutiwa Leakey 1982
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available