italictitle Taxobox name Afropithecus fossil range Miocene regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis Mammal ia ordo Primates superfamilia Hominoidea familia Proconsulidae ? extinct subfamilia Afropithecinae extinct genus Afropithecus extinct species A. turkanensis binomial Afropithecus turkanensis binomial authority Leakey and Leakey, 1986 Afropithecus turkanensis , a new Miocene hominoid, was excavated from a small site near Lake Turkana called Kalodirr in northern Kenya in 1986 and was named by Richard Leakey and Meave Leakey . ref name Leakey, R.E. 1998 cite journal author Leakey RE, Leakey MG, Walker AC title Morphology of Afropithecus turkanensis from Kenya journal Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. volume 76 issue 3 pages 289 307 year 1988 month July pmid 3137824 doi 10.1002 ajpa.1330760303 ref The estimated age of Afropithecus is between 16 and 18 million years old, which was determined with radiometric dating techniques and the geological studies conducted by Broschetto and Brown from the University of Utah . ref name Leakey, R.E. 1998 In total there are 46 recovered specimens from Kalodirr relating to Afropithecus consisting of Human cranium cranial , mandible , dentition and post cranial remains. The type specimen of Afropithecus turkanensis is KNM WK 16999. ref name Leakey, R.E. 1998 Morphology Leakey and Leakey first described Afropithecus turkanensis ... E.L. last5 Walker first5 A.C. title Similarities in Aegyptopithecus and Afropithecus Facial Morphology ... in Afropithecus turkanensis journal J. Hum. Evol. volume 44 issue 3 pages 283 306 year ... Miocene Afropithecus turkanensis and life history evolution in the Hominoidea journal J. Hum. Evol ... A title Dental metric comparisons of Morotopithecus and Afropithecus implications for the validity ... Fossil taxa described in 1986 ca Afropitec de Afropithecus turkanensis es Afropithecus fr Afropithecus it Afropithecus turkanensis ru sk Afropitek fi Afropithecus zh ... more details
view held is that Heliopithecus is separate from and more primitive than Afropithecus and Morotopithecus ... cheek teeth and a better developed lingual cingulum as compared to Afropithecus . Heliopithecus differs ... p 635 See also Proconsul primate Proconsul Afropithecus Notes reflist References cite book first eds ... more details
of teeth characteristics of Morotopithecus to Afropithecus the results showed little difference, plus ... and Afropithecus Implications for the validity of the genus Morotopithecus Interdepartmental Doctoral ... more details
Taxobox name Proconsul major fossil range Miocene regnum Animal ia phylum Chordata classis Mammal ia ordo Primates superfamilia Hominoidea familia Proconsulidae extinct subfamilia Proconsulinae extinct genus Proconsul genus Proconsul extinct species P. major binomial Proconsul major binomial authority Le Gros Clark & Leakey, 1950 Proconsul major , an extinct primate of the genus Proconsul genus Proconsul , was possibly the ancestor of Afropithecus and showed hominid characteristics. It occurred during the early Miocene and was roughly, the size of a gorilla . Proconsul major lived on the continent of Africa . Based upon dental morphology biology morphology , Proconsul major was a frugivorous species . Morphology Proconsul major had a dental formula of 2 1 2 3 on both the upper and lower jaw . The Canine tooth canines are sexually dimorphic. The inferior transverse torus is absent and the superior transverse torus is well developed in Proconsul major . This species had an average body mass of around 50.0 kilograms. External links http members.tripod.com cacajao proconsul major.html http www.mc.maricopa.edu reffland anthropology anthro2003 origins primates primate evol miocene.html http www.fmnh.helsinki.fi users haaramo Metazoa Deuterostoma Chordata Synapsida Eutheria Primates Hominoidea Proconsulidae.htm Mikko s Phylogeny archives Category Prehistoric apes for when it is considered an ape Category Prehistoric primates for when it is considered to be before the ape NW monkey split Category Miocene mammals Category Fossil taxa described in 1950 ca Proconsul major es Proconsul major zh ... more details
and lumps it with Equatorius africanus , which would move it to the Afropithecinae subfamily with AfropithecusAfropithecus turkanensis . As Proconsul , Kenyapithecus may not be in the same clade as apes ... more details
Equatorius Ward et al 1999 is a genus of Kenyapithecus identified as a result of a skeleton found in central Kenya at the Tugen Hills . ref Steve Ward, Barbara Brown, Andrew Hill, Jay Kelley and Will Downs 29 June 1999 Equatorius A New Hominoid Genus from the Middle Miocene of Kenya Science 27 August 1999 Vol. 285 no. 5432 pp. 1382 1386 http scholar.google.co.uk scholar?cluster 2526222237221755043&hl en&as sdt 0,5 doi 10.1126 science.285.5432.1382 Retrieved 2012 01 22 ref Thirty eight large teeth belonging to the middle Miocene hominid in addition to a mandibular and partially complete skeleton dated 15.58 Ma and 15.36 Ma. were later found Kelley et al 2002 . ref Kelley J, Ward S, Brown B, Hill A, Duren DL. Dental remains of Equatorius africanus from Kipsaramon, Tugen Hills, Baringo District, Kenya . http www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov pubmed 11795967 J Hum Evol. 2002 Jan Feb 42 1 2 39 62. Retrieved 2012 01 22 ref Analysis The anatomical structures in part was seen to be similar to the Afropithecus and Proconsul . Never the less anatomy and morphology suggested the genus had an increased terrestrial habitat Sherwood et al 2002 . ref Sherwood RJ, Ward S, Hill A, Duren DL, Brown B, Downs W. 2002 Preliminary description of the Equatorius africanus partial skeleton KNM TH 28860 from Kipsaramon, Tugen Hills, Baringo District, Kenya. J Hum Evol. 2002 Jan Feb 42 1 2 63 73. http www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov pubmed 11795968 PMID 11795968 Retrieved 2012 01 22 ref Taxonomy Ward et al , using their previous published study of K.africanus , based the separate definition on comparisons of gnathic and dental anatomy. The classification s validity was subsequently challenged McCrossin & Benefit 2000 . ref Walter Hartwig 2002 Touro University Touro University College The primate fossil record Volume 33 of Cambridge studies in biological and evolutionary anthropology http books.google.co.uk books?id Ezm1OA s6isC&pg PA387&dq 22Equatorius 22&hl en&sa X&ei AiocT8DdKoGC8gPPuM2zCw&redir esc y v onepage&q 2 ... more details
Gray, 1825 small Afropithecinae small Andrews, 1992 small Afropithecus small Leakey & Leakey, 1986 small Afropithecus turkanensis small Leakey & Leakey, 1986 small Heliopithecus small Andrews & Martin ... more details
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