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Nyanzapithecus vancouveringorum

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Theria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Ordo: Primates
Subordo: Haplorrhini
Infraordo: Simiiformes
Parvordo: Catarrhini
Superfamilia: †Proconsuloidea
Familia: Proconsulidae
Subfamilia: Nyanzapithecinae
Genus: Nyanzapithecus
Species: Nyanzapithecus vancouveringorum

Name

†Nyanzapithecus vancouveringorum (Andrews, 1974)

Type species

†Dryopithecus (Rangwapithecus) vancouveringi Andrews, 1974
†Dryopithecus vancouveringi Andrews, 1974
†Nyanzapithecus vancouveringi (Andrews, 1974) Harrison, 1986
†Nyanzapithecus vancouveringorum (Andrews, 1974) Harrison, 1986b (n. emend.)

References

Andrews, P. 1974: New species of Dryopithecus from Kenya. Nature (London), 249: 188-190.
Harrison, T. 1986: New fossil anthropoids from the Middle Miocene of east Africa and their bearing on the origin of the Oreopithecidae. American journal of physical anthropology, 71: 265-284. PDF
Kunimatsu, Y. 1992: A revision of the hypodigm of Nyanzapithecus vancouveringi. African study monographs, 14(4): 231-235. PDF PDF

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