Komba (primate)

Komba
Temporal range: Early Miocene–Middle Miocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Strepsirrhini
Infraorder: Lemuriformes
Superfamily: Lorisoidea
Family: Galagidae
Genus: †Komba
Simpson, 1967
Species
  • †K. robustus (Le Gros Clark and Thomas, 1952)
  • †K. minor (Le Gros Clark and Thomas, 1952)
  • †K. winamensis McCrossin, 1992
  • †K. walkeri Harrison, 2010

Komba is an extinct genus of galagos, containing species known from the early to middle Miocene of Kenya and Uganda. A new species, K. walkeri, was described from the early Miocene of Kenya by Terry Harrison in 2010.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Harrison, Terry (2010). "Chapter 20: Later Tertiary Lorisiformes (Strepsirrhini, Primates)". In Werdelin, L.; Sanders, W.J. Cenozoic Mammals of Africa. University of California Press. pp. 333–349. ISBN 978-0-520-25721-4.
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