Kamoyapitek ( lat. Kamoyapithecus ) is a genus of extinct Oligocene anthropoid apes , first found in 1948 in northern Kenya [1] .
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Kamoyapitek
Kamoyapitek lived in Africa in the second half of the Oligocene period (Hattian century, Chattian ), approximately 24.2-27.5 ± 0.3 million years ago. In 1980, the remains of the Kamoyapithecus were attributed to the family of proconsuls (CT Madden), but in 1995, Richard Licky and his partners singled out fossils in the new genus Kamoyapithecus , named after the world famous fossil collector from the team of Louis Lickey - Kamoya Kimeu. The genus is represented by only one species - Kamoyapithecus hamiltoni . Kamoyapitek is known exclusively for findings of teeth and jaws (the most famous specimen is a fragment of the upper jaw KNM-LS 7). Comparison of the teeth and jaws of the Kamoyapithecus, showed it with the Afropitek, Proconsul and Morotopitek . However, the fragmentary nature of the finds makes it difficult to decide whether the Kamoyapithecus was one of the ancestors of man .
Classification
- Squad Primates
- Suborder Gaplorinovye (Dry-nosed primates)
- Infraorder Monkey
- Parrot Squash Monkey
- Superfamily Anthropoids , or Hominoids
- † Genus Kamoyapithecus ( Kamoyapithecus )
- † View of Kamoyapithecus hamiltoni
- † Genus Kamoyapithecus ( Kamoyapithecus )
- Superfamily Anthropoids , or Hominoids
- Parrot Squash Monkey
- Infraorder Monkey
- Suborder Gaplorinovye (Dry-nosed primates)
See also
Notes
- ↑ Drobyshevsky S.V. The oldest monkey-like monkey and the oldest humanoid monkey, or Oldest monkey, oldest ape
Literature
- Andrews, P .; Harrison, T. (2009). "The anatomy and systematic position of the early Miocene proconsulid from Meswa Bridge, Kenya." J. Hum. Evol. (56): 479-496.
- Boschetto, HB; Brown, FH; McDougall, I. (1992). "Stratigraphy of the Lothidok Range, northern Kenya, and K-Ar ages of its Miocene primates." J. Hum. Evol. (22): 47-71.
- Leakey, MG, Ungar, PS, Walker, A. (1995). A new genus of large primate from the late Oligocene of Lothidok, Turkana District, Kenya. Journal of Human Evolution. pp. 519-531.
- Steiper, ME; Sukarna, TY; Young, NM (2004.). "Genomic data support the hominoid slowdown and an Early Oligocene estimate for the hominoid-cercopithecoid divergence." PNAS.
- McKenna, Bell Classification of Mammal: Above the Species Level
- Goodman, M., Czelusniak, J., Page, S. & Meireles Where DNA Sequences Place Homo sapiens in a Phylogenetic Classification of Primates.