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Mesopithecus monspessulanus

Osteichthyes - Primates - Cercopithecidae

Taxonomy
Semnopithecus monspessulanus was named by Gervais (1859). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Mesopithecus monspessulanus by Jablonski (2002), Delson et al. (2005).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1859Semnopithecus monspessulanus Gervais p. 10 figs. Plate I, fig. 7-11
2002Mesopithecus monspessulanus Jablonski
2005Mesopithecus monspessulanus Delson et al. p. 164

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
Euarchonta
orderPrimates
infraorderHaplorhini(Pocock 1918)
Anthropoidea(Mivart 1864)
infraorderCatarrhiniGeoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1812
superfamilyCercopithecoidea
familyCercopithecidae
subfamilyColobinaeJerdon 1867
genusMesopithecusWagner 1839
speciesmonspessulanus()

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: arborealf
Diet: frugivoref
Diet 2: folivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-22 19:20:00
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: MN 14 or 5.09000 to 4.16000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Romania Mesopithecus monspessulanus (40113)
MN 145.09 - 4.16Bulgaria Mesopithecus monspessulanus (71061)
Ruscinian5.09 - 3.55Italy (Tuscany) Mesopithecus monspessulanus (49333)