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Pongo hooijeri

Mammalia - Primates - Hominidae

Taxonomy
Pongo hooijeri was named by Schwartz et al. (1995). Its type specimen is IAH TK 65/123, a tooth (left /M2), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Tham Hai Cave, which is in a Pleistocene cave horizon in Vietnam.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1995Pongo hooijeri Schwartz et al. p. 17 figs. Fig. 2

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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
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
—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
subfamilyPonginaeElliot 1913
tribePongini
genusPongoLacépède 1799
specieshooijeri

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.

†Pongo hooijeri Schwartz et al. 1995
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: arborealg
Diet: frugivoreg
Diet 2: folivoreg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2012-05-20 17:27:11
Modified: 2012-05-20 02:27:11
Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Taylor 2006, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: Middle Pleistocene or 0.77400 to 0.12900 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Vietnam (Lang Son) Pongo hooijeri (92781)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Vietnam Pongo hooijeri (type locality: 107995)