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Kenyapithecini

Mammalia - Primates - Hominidae

Taxonomy
Kenyapithecini is a tribe. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Dryopithecinae by Andrews (1992).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Kenyapithecini Andrews p. 642

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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
RankNameAuthor
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
familyHominidaeGray 1825
subfamilyDryopithecinae
tribeKenyapithecini
tribeKenyapithecini

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.

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G. †Griphopithecus Abel 1902
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Griphopithecus alpani Tekkaya 1974
G. †Kenyapithecus Leakey 1961
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Kenyapithecus wickeri Leakey 1961
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: omnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-22 19:23:50
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the MN 7 + 8 or 20.44000 to 11.10000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Kenya Kenyapithecus walkeri (70808)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97South Africa (Namaqualand) Kenyapithecus sp. (51190)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Kenya Kenyapithecus sp. (22071 22082) Kenyapithecus wickeri (22070)
MN 6 - MN 7 + 813.65 - 11.1Slovakia Griphopithecus suessi (69712)