Afropithecus Leakey & Leakey, 1986

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
GENUS
Published in
Leakey, Richard E. & Meave G. Leakey. 1986. A new Miocene hominoid from Kenya. Nature 324(13): 143-146.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Mammalia
order
Primates
family
Proconsulidae
genus
Afropithecus

Name

Synonyms
Heliopithecus Andrews & Martin, 1987
Homonyms
Afropithecus Leakey & Leakey, 1986

Bibliographic References

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  2. Nature, Lond. 324 No. 6093
  3. Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library].
  4. Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library].
  5. SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997
  6. SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997
  7. The Paleobiology Database (2022 version).
  8. as per family