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Taxonomy
Equatorius was named by Ward et al. (1999). It is not extant. Its type is Sivapithecus africanus.
It was assigned to Hominoidea by Ward et al. (1999).
It was assigned to Hominoidea by Ward et al. (1999).
Species
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1999 | Equatorius Ward et al. p. 1383 |
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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. †Equatorius Ward et al. 1999
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†Equatorius africanus Le Gros Clark and Leakey 1951
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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References: Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 |
Age range: Langhian or 15.97000 to 13.82000 Ma
Collections (8 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Langhian | Kenya (Nyanza) | Ramapithecus wickeri (21338) Sivapithecus africanus (21339) | |
Langhian | Kenya | Kenyapithecus africanus (22070 22071 22078 22082) | |
Langhian - Serravallian | Kenya | Kenyapithecus africanus (22304) | |
Middle Miocene | Kenya | E. africanus (21724) |