Cercopithecoides | |
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A femaleC. kimeuiskull | |
Scientific classification![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Primates |
Suborder: | Haplorhini |
Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
Family: | Cercopithecidae |
Subfamily: | Colobinae |
Genus: | †Cercopithecoides Mollett, 1947[1] |
Species | |
Cercopithecoides is an extinct genus ofcolobine monkey fromAfrica which lived during the latestMiocene to thePleistocene period. There are several recognized species,[2] with the smallest close in size to some of the larger extant colobines, and males of the largest species weighed over 50 kilograms (110 lb).
Thetype species,Cercopithecoides williamsi, was named by O. D. Mollett in 1947, based on a partial cranium and mandible of a male individual fromMakapansgat,South Africa.[5] It has since been found across many Pliocene and Pleistocene sites in South Africa, Angola, and Kenya.[6][7][8] The largest species,Cercopithecoides kimeui, was named byMeave Leakey in 1982, based onfossils found inKenya andTanzania.[6]
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