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Taxonomy
Graecopithecus was named by von Koenigswald (1972).
It was assigned to Homininae by Andrews (1992); to Graecopithecini by Cameron (1997) and Cameron (1997); and to Primates by Böhme et al. (2017).
It was assigned to Homininae by Andrews (1992); to Graecopithecini by Cameron (1997) and Cameron (1997); and to Primates by Böhme et al. (2017).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1972 | Graecopithecus von Koenigswald |
| 1977 | Ouranopithecus Pilbeam et al. p. 694 |
| 1977 | Ouranopithecus de Bonis and Melentis |
| 1992 | Graecopithecus Andrews p. 644 |
| 1997 | Graecopithecus Cameron |
| 2017 | Graecopithecus Böhme 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. †Graecopithecus von Koenigswald 1972
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†Graecopithecus freybergi von Koenigswald 1972
Invalid names: Ouranopithecus de Bonis and Melentis 1977 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979 | |||||
Age range: Vallesian or 11.60800 to 8.70000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Vallesian | Greece | Ouranopithecus macedoniensis (191070) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Turkey (Cankiri) | Ouranopithecus turkae (184368) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Greece (Attiki) | G. freybergi (195555) |