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Afropithecus
Taxonomy
Afropithecus was named by Leakey and Leakey (1986). It is not extant.
It was assigned to Hominoidea by Leakey and Leakey (1986) and Anyonge (1991); to Afropithecini by Andrews (1992); and to Proconsulidae by Zalmout et al. (2010).
It was assigned to Hominoidea by Leakey and Leakey (1986) and Anyonge (1991); to Afropithecini by Andrews (1992); and to Proconsulidae by Zalmout et al. (2010).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1986 | Afropithecus Leakey and Leakey p. 143 |
| 1991 | Afropithecus Anyonge p. 387 |
| 1992 | Afropithecus Andrews p. 642 |
| 2010 | Afropithecus Zalmout et al. pp. Supp. 4 figs. Table 2 |
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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.
G. †Afropithecus Leakey and Leakey 1986
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†Afropithecus turkanensis Leakey and Leakey 1986
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, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: Burdigalian or 20.44000 to 15.97000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene | Uganda | A. turkanensis (28293) | |
| Burdigalian | Kenya | A. turkanensis (38060 83629) |