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Pongini

Mammalia - Primates - Hominidae

Taxonomy
Pongini is a tribe. It is extant.

It was assigned to Ponginae by Andrews (1992) and Cameron (1997).

Subtaxa
Pongo

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Pongini Andrews p. 644
1997Pongini Cameron

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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
superfamilyHominoideaGray 1825
familyHominidaeGray 1825
subfamilyPonginaeElliot 1913
tribePongini
tribePongini

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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G. Pongo Lacépède 1799 [orangutan]
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Pongo abelii Lesson 1827 [Sumatran orangutan]
†Pongo hooijeri Schwartz et al. 1995
Pongo pygmaeus Linnaeus 1760 [Bornean orangutan]
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†Pongo pygmaeus ciochoni Schwartz et al. 1995
†Pongo pygmaeus fromageti Schwartz et al. 1995
†Pongo pygmaeus kahlkei Schwartz et al. 1995
†Pongo pygmaeus devosi Schwartz et al. 1995
Pongo tapanuliensis Nater et al. 2017
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: omnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-22 19:23:50
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Middle Pleistocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.77400 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.129 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Vietnam (Bac Thai) Pongo pygmaeus (107998)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Vietnam Pongo hooijeri (107995) Pongo sp., Pongo pygmaeus (108001)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129China (Guizhou) Pongo sp. (51100)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129China (Guangdong) Pongo sp. (40341 120834)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Vietnam (Lang Son) Pongo sp., Pongo hooijeri, Pongo pygmaeus (92781)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117China (Guangdong) Pongo pygmaeus (13293)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Vietnam Pongo pygmaeus (107996 107997)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Indonesia Pongo pygmaeus (93524)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Vietnam (Thanh Hoa) Pongo pygmaeus (107999 108000)