Simiolus
| Simiolus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Eutheria |
| Superorder: | Euarchontoglires |
| Order: | Primates |
| Family: | Dendropithecidae |
| Genus: | Simiolus Leakey & Leakey, 1987 |
Simiolus is an extinct genus of dendropithecid primates. It was described by M.G. Leakey and R.E. Leakey in 1987, and the type species is S. enjiessi, which existed during the Miocene of Kenya. The species epithet is a phonetic pun on the acronym NGS.[1] A new species, S. andrewsi, also from the middle Miocene of Kenya, was described by Terry Harrison in 2010.[2]
Species
- Simiolus enjiessi Leakey & Leakey, 1987
- Simiolus leakeyorum
- Simiolus andrewsi Harrison, 2010
References
- ↑ Page 182, The ape in the tree: an intellectual & natural history of Proconsul, by Alan Walker, Pat Shipman. Harvard University Press, 2005. ISBN 0674016750/ISBN 9780674016750
- ↑ Harrison, Terry (2010). "Chapter 24: Dendropithecoidea, Proconsuloidea, and Hominoidea (Catarrhini, Primates)". In Werdelin, L.; Sanders, W.J. Cenozoic Mammals of Africa. University of California Press. pp. 429–469. ISBN 978-0-520-25721-4.
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