Alophe
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Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Suborder: | Haplorhini |
| Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
| Parvorder: | Catarrhini |
| Superfamily: | Cercopithecoidea |
| Genus: | †Alophe |
| Species: | †A. metios
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| Binomial name | |
| †Alophe metios (Rasmussenet al.2019)
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AlophiaRasmussenet al.2019 | |
Alophe metioswas an earlycercopithecoidmonkey that lived in Kenya about 22 million years ago. It is known from jaw fragments and teeth. Although it was more closely related to moderncercopithecids(Old World monkeys) than to apes, it had not evolved some features shared bycrowncercopithecids and their nearest relatives, such asbilophodont molars.[1]
The monkey was originally namedAlophia metios,but the genusAlophiawas already taken by a moth, prompting the new nameAlophe. [2]
References
[edit]- ^Rasmussen, D. Tab; Friscia, Anthony R.; Gutierrez, Mercedes; Kappelman, John; Miller, Ellen R.; Muteti, Samuel; Reynoso, Dawn; Rossie, James B.; Spell, Terry L.; Tabor, Neil J; Gierlowski-Kordesch, Elizabeth; Jacobs, Bonnie F.; Kyongo, Benson; Macharwas, Matthew; Muchemi, Francis (March 26, 2019)."Primitive Old World monkey from the earliest Miocene of Kenya and the evolution of cercopithecoid bilophodonty".Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA.116(12): 6051–6056.doi:10.1073/pnas.1815423116.PMC6442627.PMID30858323.
- ^"Correction for Rasmussen et al., Primitive Old World monkey from the earliest Miocene of Kenya and the evolution of cercopithecoid bilophodonty".Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA.116(24): 12109. 2019.doi:10.1073/pnas.1907208116.PMC6575170.PMID31160447.
