Cercopithecoides

Cercopithecoides
Temporal range: Miocene–Pleistocene
A female C. kimeui skull
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Haplorhini
Infraorder: Simiiformes
Family: Cercopithecidae
Subfamily: Colobinae
Genus: †Cercopithecoides
Mollett, 1947[1]
Species

Cercopithecoides is an extinct genus of colobine monkey from Africa which lived during the latest Miocene to the Pleistocene period. There are several recognized species,[2] with the smallest close in size to some of the larger extant colobines, and males of the largest species weighed over 50 kilograms (110 lb).

The type species, Cercopithecoides williamsi, was named by O. D. Mollett in 1947, based on a partial cranium and mandible of a male individual from Makapansgat, South Africa.[5] It has since been found across many Pliocene and Pleistocene sites in South Africa, Angola, and Kenya.[6][7][8] The largest species, Cercopithecoides kimeui, was named by Meave Leakey in 1982, based on fossils found in Kenya and Tanzania.[6]

  1. ^ "Fossilworks: Cercopithecoides". Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  2. ^ a b Laurent Pallas; Guillaume Daver; Hassane T. Mackaye; Andossa Likius; Patrick Vignaud; Franck Guy (2019). "A window into the early evolutionary history of Cercopithecidae: Late Miocene evidence from Chad, Central Africa". Journal of Human Evolution. 132: 61–79. doi:10.1016/j.jhevol.2019.03.013. PMID 31203852.
  3. ^ Stephen R. Frost et al .: Partial cranium of Cercopithecoides kimeui Leakey, 1982 from Rawi Gully, southwestern Kenya. In: American Journal of Physical Anthropology. Vol. 122, No. 3, 2003, pp. 191-199, doi: 10.1002 / ajpa.10279
  4. ^ Geissler, Elise, "Dental Microwear Analysis of Cercopithecoides williamsi." Thesis, Georgia State University, 2013. https://scholarworks.gsu.edu/anthro_theses/76
  5. ^ Mollett, O. D. (1947). "Fossil mammals of the Makapan Valley, Potgietersrust. I. Primates". South African Journal of Science. 43: 295–303.
  6. ^ a b Meave Leakey : Extinct Large Colobines From the Plio-Pleistocene of Africa. In: American Journal of Physical Anthropology. Vol. 58, No. 2, 1982, pp. 153-172, doi: 10.1002 / ajpa.1330580207
  7. ^ Szalay, Frederick S.; Delson, Eric (1979). Evolutionary History of the Primates. New York: Academic Press.
  8. ^ Freedman, Leonard (1957). "Fossil Cercopithecoidea of South Africa". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 23: 122–262.