Victoriapithecidae

Victoriapithecus macinnesi

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 Ordo: Primates Subordo: Haplorhini Infraordo: Simiiformes Parvordo: Catarrhini Superfamilia: Cercopithecoidea

Familia: †Victoriapithecidae
Genera: †Noropithecus – †Prohylobates – †Victoriapithecus – †Zaltanpithecus

Name

Victoriapithecidae van Koenigswald, 1969

References

Primary references

• van Koenigswald, G.H.R. 1969. Miocene Cercopithecoidea and Oreopithecoidea of East Africa. pp. 39-52 In Leakey, L.S.B. (ed.). Fossil Vertebrates of Africa. Volume 1. Academic Press: London.

Additional references

• Benefit, B.R. 1993. The permanent dentition and phylogenetic position of Victoriapithecus from Maboko Island, Kenya. Journal of Human Evolution 25(2): 83–172. DOI: 10.1006/jhev.1993.1041
• Miller, E.R., Benefit, B.R., McCrossin, M.L., Plavcan, J.M., Leakey, M.G., El-Barkooky, A.N., Hamdan, M.A., Abdel Gawad, M.K., Hassan, S.M. & Simons, E.L. 2009. Systematics of early and middle Miocene Old World monkeys. Journal of Human Evolution 57(3): 195–211. DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2009.06.006 ResearchGate Reference page.