''Equatorius'' is an extinct genus of
kenyapithecine primate found in central
Kenya
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Tugen Hills
The Tugen Hills (also known as ''Saimo'') are a series of hills in Baringo County, Kenya. They are located in the central-western portion of Kenya.
The Tugen Hills represent one of the few areas in Africa preserving a succession of deposits from ...
. Thirty-eight large teeth belonging to this
middle Miocene hominid in addition to a mandibular and partially complete skeleton dated 15.58 Ma and 15.36 Ma. were later found.
Analysis
The anatomical structures in part was seen to be similar to ''
Afropithecus
''Afropithecus'' is a genus of Miocene hominoid with the sole species ''Afropithecus turkanensis'', it was excavated from a small site near Lake Turkana called Kalodirr in northern Kenya in 1986 and named by Richard Leakey and Meave Leakey. ...
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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 ...
''. Nevertheless, anatomy and morphology suggested the genus had an increased terrestrial habitat.
Taxonomy
, using their previous published study of ''K.africanus'', based the separate definition on comparisons of
gnathic and dental anatomy. The classification's validity was subsequently challenged.
[See McCrossin & Benefit's comment in ]
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Prehistoric apes
Miocene primates of Africa
Fossil taxa described in 1999
Prehistoric primate genera