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Taxonomy
Rukwapithecus fleaglei was named by Stevens et al. (2013). Its type specimen is RRBP 12444A, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Nsungwe 2B, which is in an Oligocene fluvial sandstone in the Nsungwe Formation of Tanzania. It is the type species of Rukwapithecus.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2013 | Rukwapithecus fleaglei Stevens et al. |
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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.
†Rukwapithecus fleaglei Stevens et al. 2013
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Oligocene or 28.40000 to 23.03000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Oligocene | Tanzania (Mbeya) | Rukwapithecus fleaglei (type locality: 179687) |