Gorgopithecus major

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cercopithecoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Cladus: Boreosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Grandordo: Euarchonta Mirordo: Primatomorpha Ordo: Primates Subordo: Haplorhini Infraordo: Simiiformes Parvordo: Catarrhini Superfamilia: Cercopithecoidea

Familia: Cercopithecidae
Subfamilia: Cercopithecinae
Tribus: Papionini
Genus: †Gorgopithecus
Species: †Gorgopithecus major

Name

Gorgopithecus major (Broom, 1940)

Holotype: KA. 193

Type locality: Kromdraai, Transvaal, South Africa

Synonymy

• Gorgopithecus major (Broom, 1940) Broom & Robinson, 1949
• Parapapio major Broom, 1940 [Protonym]
• Simopithecus major (Broom, 1940) Hopwood & Hollyfield, 1954

References

Primary references

• Broom, R. 1940. The South African Pleistocene cercopithecid apes. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 20: 89–100. Reference page. 
• Broom, R. & Robinson, J.T. 1949. A new type of Fossil Baboon, Gorgopithecus major. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 119(2): 379–386. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1949.tb00887.x Reference page. 

Additional references

• Freedman, L. 1957. The fossil Cercopithecoidea of South Africa. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 23(3): 121–262. hdl: 10520/AJA00411752_1055 Reference page.  [pp. 221–225]