Cercopithecoides
| Cercopithecoides Temporal range:
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| A femaleC. kimeuiskull | |
Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Suborder: | Haplorhini |
| Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
| Family: | Cercopithecidae |
| Subfamily: | Colobinae |
| Genus: | †Cercopithecoides Mollett, 1947[1] |
| Species | |
Cercopithecoidesis an extinct genus ofcolobinemonkey fromAfricawhich lived during the latestMioceneto thePleistoceneperiod. There are several recognized species,[2]with the smallest close in size to some of the larger extant colobines, and males of the largest species weighed over 50 kilograms (110 lb).
Thetype species,Cercopithecoides williamsi,was named by O. D. Mollett in 1947, based on a partial cranium and mandible of a male individual fromMakapansgat,South Africa.[5]It has since been found across many Pliocene and Pleistocene sites in South Africa, Angola, and Kenya.[6][7][8]The largest species,Cercopithecoides kimeui,was named byMeave Leakeyin 1982, based onfossilsfound inKenyaandTanzania.[6]
References
[edit]- ^"Fossilworks: Cercopithecoides".Retrieved17 December2021.
- ^abLaurent Pallas; Guillaume Daver; Hassane T. Mackaye; Andossa Likius; Patrick Vignaud; Franck Guy (2019)."A window into the early evolutionary history of Cercopithecidae: Late Miocene evidence from Chad, Central Africa".Journal of Human Evolution.132:61–79.doi:10.1016/j.jhevol.2019.03.013.PMID31203852.
- ^Stephen R. Frost et al.: Partial cranium of Cercopithecoides kimeui Leakey, 1982 from Rawi Gully, southwestern Kenya. In: American Journal of Physical Anthropology. Vol. 122, No. 3, 2003, pp. 191-199, doi: 10.1002 / ajpa.10279
- ^Geissler, Elise, "Dental Microwear Analysis ofCercopithecoides williamsi."Thesis, Georgia State University, 2013.https://scholarworks.gsu.edu/anthro_theses/76
- ^Mollett, O. D. (1947). "Fossil mammals of the Makapan Valley, Potgietersrust. I. Primates".South African Journal of Science.43:295–303.
- ^abMeave Leakey: Extinct Large Colobines From the Plio-Pleistocene of Africa. In: American Journal of Physical Anthropology. Vol. 58, No. 2, 1982, pp. 153-172, doi: 10.1002 / ajpa.1330580207
- ^Szalay, Frederick S.; Delson, Eric (1979).Evolutionary History of the Primates.New York: Academic Press.
- ^Freedman, Leonard (1957). "Fossil Cercopithecoidea of South Africa".Annals of the Transvaal Museum.23:122–262.
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