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Microcolobus

Mammalia - Primates - Cercopithecidae

Taxonomy
Microcolobus was named by Benefit and Pickford (1986). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Colobinae by Benefit and Pickford (1986); and to Colobini by Jablonski (2002).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1986Microcolobus Benefit and Pickford
2002Microcolobus Jablonski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
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
tribeColobiniBlyth 1875
genusMicrocolobus

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. †Microcolobus Benefit and Pickford 1986
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Microcolobus tugenensis Benefit and Pickford 1986
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: Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: base of the Serravallian to the top of the Tortonian or 13.82000 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Kenya M. tugenensis (22292)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Kenya M. sp. (219711)