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Taxonomy
Ekembo was named by McNulty et al. (2015). It is not extant.
It was assigned to Hominoidea by McNulty et al. (2015).
It was assigned to Hominoidea by McNulty et al. (2015).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2015 | Ekembo McNulty 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.
G. †Ekembo McNulty et al. 2015
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†Ekembo heseloni Walker et al. 1933
†Ekembo nyanzae Le Gros Clark and Leakey 1950
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1999 | |||||
Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Serravallian or 20.44000 to 11.62000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Burdigalian | Kenya | Proconsul heseloni (84800) | |
| Serravallian | Kenya (Central Nyanza) | Proconsul nyanzae (21340) |