Nacholapithecus

Nacholapithecus kerioi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Hominoidea

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: Hominoidea

Familia: incertae sedis
Genus: †Nacholapithecus
Species: †N. kerioi

Name

Nacholapithecus Ishida, Kunimatsu, Nakatsukasa & Nakano, 1999

References

Primary references

• Ishida, H., Kunimatsu, Y., Nakatsukasa, M. & Nakano, Y. 1999. New Hominoid Genus from the Middle Miocene of Nachola, Kenya. Anthropological Science 107(2): 189–191. DOI: 10.1537/ase.107.189 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Ishida, H., Kunimatsu, Y., Takano, T., Nakano, Y. & Nakatsukasa, M. 2004. Nacholapithecus skeleton from the Middle Miocene of Kenya. Journal of Human Evolution 46(1): 69–103. DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2003.10.001 Reference page. 
• Nakatsukasa, M., Kunimatsu, Y., Nakano, Y., Egi, N. & Ishida, H. 2007. Postcranial bones of infant Nacholapithecus: ontogeny and positional behavioral adaptation. Anthropological Science 115(3): 201–213. DOI: 10.1537/ase.070409

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