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Dendropithecus
Taxonomy
Dendropithecus was named by Andrews and Simons (1977). It is not extant.
It was assigned to Hylobatidae by Andrews and Simons (1977); to Pliopithecidae by Ciochon and Corruccini (1977), McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Dendropithecidae by Zalmout et al. (2010).
It was assigned to Hylobatidae by Andrews and Simons (1977); to Pliopithecidae by Ciochon and Corruccini (1977), McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Dendropithecidae by Zalmout et al. (2010).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1977 | Dendropithecus Andrews and Simons |
| 1977 | Dendropithecus Ciochon and Corruccini p. 297 |
| 1997 | Dendropithecus McKenna and Bell |
| 2010 | Dendropithecus Zalmout et al. pp. Supp. 4 figs. Table 2 |
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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. †Dendropithecus Andrews and Simons 1977
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†Dendropithecus macinnesi Le Gros Clark and Leakey 1949
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, Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002 | |||||
Age range: Burdigalian or 20.45000 to 15.98000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Burdigalian | Kenya | D. sp. (27858) |