Kanagawapithecus leptopostorbitalis

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: Zatheria 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: Colobinae
Genus: †Kanagawapithecus
Species: †Kanagawapithecus leptopostorbitalis

Name

Kanagawapithecus leptopostorbitalis (Iwamoto, Hasegawa & Koizumi, 2005): 123

Type locality: Kanzawa Formation, Nakatsu Group; Kosawa, Aikawa-chō, Aikō-gun, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.

Holotype: KPM-N NC005802

Synonyms

• Dolichopithecus (Kanagawapithecus) leptopostorbitalis Iwamoto et al., 2005: 123 (protonym)
• Kanagawapithecus leptopostorbitalis Takai & Maschenko, 2009: 9

References

Primary references

• Iwamoto, M., Hasegawa, Y. & Koizumi, A. 2005. A Pliocene colobine from the Nakatsu Group, Kanagawa, Japan. Anthropological Science 113(1): 123–127. DOI: 10.1537/ase.04S017 Reference page. 
• Takai, M. & Maschenko, E.N. 2009. Parapresbytis eohanuman: the northernmost colobine monkey from the Pliocene of Transbaikalia. Asian Paleoprimatology 5: 1–14. hdl: 2433/199778 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Nishimura, T., Takai, M., Senut, B., Taru, H., Maschenko, E.N. & Prieur, A. 2012. Reassessment of Dolichopithecus (Kanagawapithecus) leptopostorbitalis, a colobine monkey from the Late Pliocene of Japan. Journal of Human Evolution 62(4): 548–561. DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2012.02.006 Reference page.