Noropithecus kipsaramanensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cercopithecoidea

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 Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Cladus: Boreosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Grandordo: Euarchonta Mirordo: Primatomorpha Ordo: Primates Subordo: Haplorhini Infraordo: Simiiformes Parvordo: Catarrhini Superfamilia: Cercopithecoidea

Familia: †Victoriapithecidae
Genus: †Noropithecus
Species: †Noropithecus kipsaramanensis

Name

Noropithecus kipsaramanensis (Pickford & Kunimatsu, 2005)

• Holotype: CMK-BAR 219’02, partial right mandibular corpus, symphyseal region, left mandibular corpus, and left m2.
• Type locality: “Kipsaraman Main (GPS WGS 84 datum, 00°44'53.7" N: 35°49'33.6" E)”.

Combinations

• Prohylobates kipsaramanensis Pickford & Kunimatsu, 2005: 203 [original combination]
• Noropithecus kipsaramanensis — Miller et al., 2009: 207 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Pickford, M. & Kunimatsu, Y. 2005. Catarrhines from the Middle Miocene (ca. 14.5 Ma) of Kipsaraman, Tugen Hills, Kenya. Anthropological Science 113(2): 189–224. DOI: 10.1537/ase.113.189 Reference page. 
• Miller, E.R., Benefit, B.R., McCrossin, M.L., Plavcan, J.M., Leakey, M.G., El-Barkooky, A.N., Hamdan, M.A., Abdel Gawad, M.K., Hassan, S.M. & Simons, E.L. 2009. Systematics of early and middle Miocene Old World monkeys. Journal of Human Evolution 57(3): 195–211. DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2009.06.006 ResearchGate Reference page. 

Additional references

• Locke, E.M., Benefit, B.R., Kimock, C.M., Miller, E.R. & Nengo, I. 2020. New dentognathic fossils of Noropithecus bulukensis (Primates, Victoriapithecidae) from the late Early Miocene of Buluk, Kenya. Journal of Human Evolution 148: 102886. DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2020.102886 Reference page.