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Samburupithecus

Mammalia - Primates

Taxonomy
Samburupithecus was named by Ishida and Pickford (1997). It is not extant. Its type is Samburupithecus kiptalami.

It was assigned to Hominoidea by Ishida and Pickford (1997).

Species
S. kiptalami (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1997Samburupithecus Ishida and Pickford p. 824

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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
genusSamburupithecus

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. †Samburupithecus Ishida and Pickford 1997
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†Samburupithecus kiptalami Ishida and Pickford 1997
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: arborealo
Diet: omnivoreo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-26 13:27:51
Modified: 2005-08-26 15:27:51
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1999, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Tortonian to the top of the Late/Upper Miocene or 11.62000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian - Late/Upper Miocene11.62 - 5.333Kenya S. kiptalami (28318)