Rhinocolobus

Rhinocolobus
Temporal range: Pliocene - Early Pleistocene 3.4–1.5 Ma
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Haplorhini
Infraorder: Simiiformes
Family: Cercopithecidae
Subfamily: Colobinae
Genus: †Rhinocolobus
Leakey, 1982
Species:
†R. turkanaensis
Binomial name
†Rhinocolobus turkanaensis
Leakey, 1982

Rhinocolobus is an extinct genus of monkey closely related to modern colobus monkeys. It lived in eastern Africa during the Plio-Pleistocene, existing as recently as 1.5 million years ago.[1][2]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Werdelin was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Leakey, Meave G. (1982). "Extinct large colobines from the Plio-Pleistocene of Africa". American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 58 (2): 153–172. doi:10.1002/ajpa.1330580207.