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Nyanzapithecinae
The Nyanzapithecinae or Nyanzapithecines are a subfamily of extinct Dendropithecidae as sister of '' Simiolus''. The group contains ''Rangwapithecus'', '' Turkanapithecus'', '' Rukwapithecus'', ''Oreopithecus'', and ''Nyanzapithecus''. In the following tree the internal structure of Nyanzapithecinae of Nengo et al. is followed. Nyanzapithecinae Harrison, 2002 * ''Nyanzapithecus'' Harrison, 1986 ** ''Nyanzapithecus harrisoni'' Kunimatsu, 1997 ** ''Nyanzapithecus pickfordi'' Harrison, 1986 ** ''Nyanzapithecus vancouveringorum'' Andrews, 1974 * '' Mabokopithecus'' von Koenigswald, 1969 ** ''Mabokopithecus clarki'' von Koenigswald, 1969 * ''Rangwapithecus ''Rangwapithecus'' is an extinct genus of ape from the Early Miocene of Kenya. Late Miocene phalanges from Hungary have also been assigned to this genus, but were later reclassified as ''Dryopithecus''. Description ''Rangwapithecus'' weighed app ...'' Andrews, 1974 ** ''Rangwapithecus gordoni'' Andrews, 1974 * '' Turkanapithecus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dendropithecidae
The family Dendropithecidae is an extinct family of catarrhine monkeys. They date from the Early Miocene, around 20 - 12 million years ago. Fossils of the two ''Dendropithecus'' species, ''Dendropithecus macinnesi'' and ''Dendropithecus ugandensis'', have been found in East Africa, including several partial skeletons of ''Dendropithecus macinnesi'' on Rusinga Island in Lake Victoria. Other species are ''Simiolus andrewsi'', ''Simiolus cheptumoae'', ''Simiolus enjiessi''. ''Micropithecus clarki'' and ''Micropithecus leakeyorum'' may not be part Dendropithecidae, and may be sister to the crown Catarrhini (or, depending on the definition, the apes and the Cercopithecidae may have emerged in the Dendropithecidae). The later Nyanzapithecinae (including ''Oreopithecus ''Oreopithecus'' (from the Greek , and , , meaning "hill-ape") is an extinct genus of hominoid primate from the Miocene epoch whose fossils have been found in today's Tuscany and Sardinia in Italy. It existed nine to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oreopithecus
''Oreopithecus'' (from the Greek , and , , meaning "hill-ape") is an extinct genus of hominoid primate from the Miocene epoch whose fossils have been found in today's Tuscany and Sardinia in Italy. It existed nine to seven million years ago in the Tusco-Sardinian area when this region was an isolated island in a chain of islands stretching from central Europe to northern Africa in what was becoming the Mediterranean Sea. ''Oreopithecus'' was one of many European immigrants that settled this area in the Vallesian–Turolian transition and one of few hominoids, together with ''Sivapithecus'' in Asia, to survive the so-called Vallesian Crisis. To date, dozens of individuals have been discovered at the Tuscan localities of Montebamboli, Montemassi, Casteani, Ribolla, and, most notably, in the fossil-rich lignite mine in the Baccinello Basin, making it one of the best-represented fossil apes. Evolutionary history ''Oreopithecus bambolii'' was first described by French paleontologi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rangwapithecus
''Rangwapithecus'' is an extinct genus of ape from the Early Miocene of Kenya. Late Miocene phalanges from Hungary have also been assigned to this genus, but were later reclassified as ''Dryopithecus''. Description ''Rangwapithecus'' weighed approximately and the size and shape of the ape's teeth indicate that it was a folivore. An arboreal ape from the earliest Miocene adapted to life in the rainforest, it is associated particularly with Mfangano Island although the species previously inhabited a woodland-bushland environment. Taxonomy ''Rangwapithecus'' was sympatric with ''Proconsul A proconsul was an official of ancient Rome who acted on behalf of a consul. A proconsul was typically a former consul. The term is also used in recent history for officials with delegated authority. In the Roman Republic, military command, or ...'', and may be synonymous with both ''Proconsul gordoni'' and ''Proconsul vancouveringi''. It is also similar to another species found in Africa. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nyanzapithecus Pickfordi
''Nyanzapithecus pickfordi'' is an extinct species of primate from the Middle Miocene of Maboko Island, Nyanza Province, Kenya. It had an average body mass of around . Taxonomy Fifteen cranio-dental specimens of this species were collected from the island between the years 1933-73. During an expedition to Maboko Island in 1982–83, paleoanthropologist Martin Pickford recovered more than a hundred small catarrhine fossils. Among them, described the new genus and species ''Nyanzapithecus pickfordi'', characterized by several dental specializations, and also transferred the '' Rangwapithecus'' species ''R. vancouveringi'' to the genus renaming it ''N. vancouveringorum''. ''Nyanzapithecus'' was considered closely related to ''Rangwapithecus'' and '' Mabokopithecus'' based on dental similarities, and an early relative of ''Oreopithecus bambolii''. ''Nyanzapithecus'' was originally included in Oreopithecidae before being transferred to Proconsulidae. described a new species, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simiolus
''Simiolus'' is an extinct genus of dendropithecid primates. It was described by Mary Leakey and Richard Leakey in 1987, and the type species is ''S. enjiessi'', which existed during the Miocene of Kenya. The species epithet is a phonetic pun on the acronym NGS.Page 182, ''The ape in the tree: an intellectual & natural history of Proconsul'', by Alan Walker, Pat Shipman. Harvard University Press, 2005. / A new species, ''S. andrewsi'', also from the middle Miocene of Kenya, was described by Terry Harrison in 2010.Harrison, Terry (2010). "Chapter 24: Dendropithecoidea, Proconsuloidea, and Hominoidea (Catarrhini, Primates)". In Werdelin, L.; Sanders, W.J. Cenozoic Mammals of Africa. University of California Press. pp. 429–469. . In November 2018, scientists reported the discovery of the smallest known ape, ''Simiolus minutus'', which weighed approximately eight pounds, and lived about 12.5 million years ago in Kenya in East Africa East Africa, Eastern Africa, or East of Af ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dendropithecus
''Dendropithecus'' is an extinct genus of apes native to East Africa between 20 and 15 million years ago. ''Dendropithecus'' was originally suggested to be related to modern gibbons, based primarily on similarities in size, dentition, and skeletal adaptations. However, further studies have shown that ''Dendropithecus'' lacks derived hominoid traits. Instead, the traits shared between this taxon and modern primates are primitive for all catarrhines. ''Dendropithecus'' is now considered to be a stem catarrhine, too primitive to be closely related to any modern primates. ''Dendropithecus'' was a slender ape, about in body length. The structure of its arms suggest that it would have been able to brachiate Brachiation (from "brachium", Latin for "arm"), or arm swinging, is a form of arboreal locomotion in which primates swing from tree limb to tree limb using only their arms. During brachiation, the body is alternately supported under each forelimb. ..., swinging between trees b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nyanzapithecus
''Nyanzapithecus pickfordi'' is an extinct species of primate from the Middle Miocene of Maboko Island, Nyanza Province, Kenya. It had an average body mass of around . Taxonomy Fifteen cranio-dental specimens of this species were collected from the island between the years 1933-73. During an expedition to Maboko Island in 1982–83, paleoanthropologist Martin Pickford recovered more than a hundred small catarrhine fossils. Among them, described the new genus and species ''Nyanzapithecus pickfordi'', characterized by several dental specializations, and also transferred the ''Rangwapithecus'' species ''R. vancouveringi'' to the genus renaming it ''N. vancouveringorum''. ''Nyanzapithecus'' was considered closely related to ''Rangwapithecus'' and '' Mabokopithecus'' based on dental similarities, and an early relative of ''Oreopithecus bambolii''. ''Nyanzapithecus'' was originally included in Oreopithecidae before being transferred to Proconsulidae. described a new species, ''N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |