Nacholapithecus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Hominoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Cladus: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Ordo: Primates Subordo: Haplorhini Infraordo: Simiiformes Parvordo: Catarrhini Superfamilia: Hominoidea

Familia: incertae sedis
Genus: †Nacholapithecus
Species: N. kerioi

Name

• †Nacholapithecus Ishida et al., 1999

References

• Ishida, H.; Kunimatsu, Y.; Nakatsukasa, M.; Nakano, Y. 1999: New hominoid genus from the Middle Miocene of Nachola, Kenya. Anthropological science, 107(2): 189–191.
• Ishida, H.; Kunimatsu, Y.; Takano, T.; Nakano, Y.; Nakatsukasa, M. 2004: Nacholapithecus skeleton from the Middle Miocene of Kenya. Journal of human evolution, 46: 67–101.
• Nakatsukasa, M.; Kunimatsu, Y.; Nakano, Y.; Egi, N.; Ishida, H. 2007: Postcranial bones of infant Nacholapithecus: ontogeny and positional behavioral adaptation. Anthropological science, 115: 201–213.