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Laccopithecus robustus

Mammalia - Primates - Pliopithecidae

Taxonomy
Laccopithecus robustus was named by Wu and Pan (1984). Its type specimen is PA 876, 880 (China), a maxilla (maxilla), and it is a 3D body fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1984Laccopithecus robustus Wu and Pan pp. 185-189, 193-194 figs. p. 187 fig. 1-2
1991Laccopithecus robustus Harrison et al. p. 350

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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
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
—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
superfamilyPliopithecoideaZapfe 1961
familyPliopithecidaeZapfe 1961
subfamilyPliopithecinaeZapfe 1961
tribeCrouzeliini(Ginsburg and Mein 1980)
genusLaccopithecus
speciesrobustus

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.

†Laccopithecus robustus Wu and Pan 1984
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available