Nyanzapithecinae

Nyanzapithecinae

Nyanzapithecinae

Extinct subfamily of mammals

The Nyanzapithecinae or Nyanzapithecines are a subfamily of extinct Dendropithecidae as sister of Simiolus.[1][2] The group contains Rangwapithecus, Turkanapithecus, Rukwapithecus, Oreopithecus, and Nyanzapithecus. In the following tree the internal structure of Nyanzapithecinae of Nengo et al. is followed.[3]

Dendropithecidae

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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 Andrews, 1974
    • Rangwapithecus gordoni Andrews, 1974
  • Turkanapithecus Leakey & Leakey, 1986
    • Turkanapithecus kalakolensis Leakey & Leakey, 1986

Nengo et al. suggest: "Nyanzapithecines were a long-lived and diverse group of Miocene hominoids that are probably close to the origin of crown hominoids."

References

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    Rasmussen, D. Tab; Friscia, Anthony R.; Gutierrez, Mercedes; Kappelman, John; Miller, Ellen R.; Muteti, Samuel; Reynoso, Dawn; Rossie, James B.; Spell, Terry L. (2019-03-26). "Primitive Old World monkey from the earliest Miocene of Kenya and the evolution of cercopithecoid bilophodonty". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116 (13): 6051–6056. doi:10.1073/pnas.1815423116. ISSN 0027-8424. PMC 6442627. PMID 30858323.
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    Rossie, James B.; Hill, Andrew (2018). "A new species of Simiolus from the middle Miocene of the Tugen Hills, Kenya". Journal of Human Evolution. 125: 50–58. doi:10.1016/j.jhevol.2018.09.002. PMID 30502897.
  3. [3]
    Nengo, Isaiah; Tafforeau, Paul; Gilbert, Christopher C.; Fleagle, John G.; Miller, Ellen R.; Feibel, Craig; Fox, David L.; Feinberg, Josh; Pugh, Kelsey D. (2017). "New infant cranium from the African Miocene sheds light on ape evolution" (PDF). Nature. 548 (7666): 169–174. doi:10.1038/nature23456. ISSN 0028-0836. PMID 28796200. S2CID 4397839.
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