Procercocebus antiquus

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 Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Cladus: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Ordo: Primates Subordo: Haplorhini Infraordo: Simiiformes Parvordo: Catarrhini Superfamilia: Cercopithecoidea

Familia: Cercopithecidae
Subfamilia: Cercopithecinae
Tribus: Papionini
Genus: †Procercocebus
Species: †Procercocebus antiquus

Name

Procercocebus antiquus (Haughton, 1924)

Lectotype: CT. 5364 [Jones, 1937]

Type locality: Taung, North West Province, South Africa

Synonymy

• Papio antiquus Haughton, 1924 [Protonym]
• Parapapio antiquus (Haughton, 1924) Broom, 1948: 1
• Procercocebus antiquus (Haughton, 1924) Gilbert, 2007

References

Primary references

• Haughton, S.H. 1924. A note on the occurrence of a species of baboon in limestone deposits near Taungs. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 12: lxviii. Reference page. 
• Jones, T.R. 1937. A New Fossil Primate from Sterkfontein, Krugersdorp, Transvaal. South African Journal of Science 33: 709–728. Reference page. 
• Broom, R. 1948. Some South African Pliocene and Pleistocene mammals. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 21(1): 1–38. hdl: 10520/AJA00411752_457 Reference page. 
• Gilbert, C.C. 2007. Craniomandibular morphology supporting the diphyletic origin of mangabeys and a new genus of the Cercocebus/Mandrillus clade, Procercocebus. Journal of Human Evolution 53(1): 69–102. DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2007.03.004 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Freedman, L. 1957. The fossil Cercopithecoidea of South Africa. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 23(3): 121–262. hdl: 10520/AJA00411752_1055 Reference page.  [pp. 172–178]