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Rhinopithecus (snub-nosed monkey)
Taxonomy
Rhinopithecus was named by Milne-Edwards (1872). It is extant.
It was reranked as Pygathrix (Rhinopithecus) by Smith and Jungers (1997).
It was assigned to Cercopithecidae by Palmer (1904); to Pygathrix by Smith and Jungers (1997); to Colobidae by Jablonski (2002); to Colobinae by Whittaker et al. (2006); and to Colobinae by Osterholz et al. (2008).
It was reranked as Pygathrix (Rhinopithecus) by Smith and Jungers (1997).
It was assigned to Cercopithecidae by Palmer (1904); to Pygathrix by Smith and Jungers (1997); to Colobidae by Jablonski (2002); to Colobinae by Whittaker et al. (2006); and to Colobinae by Osterholz et al. (2008).
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1872 | Rhinopithecus Milne-Edwards |
1904 | Rhinopithecus Palmer p. 896 |
1997 | Pygathrix (Rhinopithecus) Smith and Jungers p. 546 |
2002 | Rhinopithecus Jablonski |
2006 | Rhinopithecus Whittaker et al. p. 889 |
2008 | Rhinopithecus Osterholz et al. p. 5 |
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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. Rhinopithecus Milne-Edwards 1872 [snub-nosed monkey]
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Subg. Rhinopithecus (Rhinopithecus) Geoffroy Saint-Hillaire 1812
Rhinopithecus avunculus Dollman 1912 [Tonkin snub-nosed monkey]
Rhinopithecus bieti Milne-Edwards 1897 [black snub-nosed monkey]
Rhinopithecus brelichi Thomas 1903 [gray snub-nosed monkey]
†Rhinopithecus lantianensis Hu and Qi 1978
Rhinopithecus roxellana Milne-Edwards 1870 [golden snub-nosed monkey]
Rhinopithecus strykeri Geissmann et al. 2010 [Burmese snub-nosed monkey]
†Rhinopithecus tingianus Matthew and Granger 1923
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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References: Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988 |
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Pleistocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 2.58800 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.781 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.781 Ma
Collections (8 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Early/Lower Pleistocene | China ( Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region) | Rhinopithecus sp. (214689) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene | China (Sichuan) | Rhinopithecus tingianus (226365) | |
Middle Pleistocene | China (Guangdong) | Rhinopithecus sp. (40341) Rhinopithecus tingianus (120834) | |
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | Taiwan (Tainan) | Rhinopithecus sp. (209017) | |
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | China (Guangdong) | Rhinopithecus sp. (13293) | |
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | China (Hunan) | Rhinopithecus roxellanae (36724) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial) | China (Hubei) | Rhinopithecus lantianensis (92787) |