Simiolus

Simiolus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Eutheria
Superorder: Euarchontoglires
Order: Primates
Suborder: Haplorrhini
Infraorder: Simiiformes
Parvorder: Catarrhini
Family: Dendropithecidae
Genus: Simiolus
Leakey & Leakey, 1987

Simiolus is an extinct genus of dendropithecid primates. It was described by M.G. Leakey and R.E. Leakey in 1987, and the type species is S. enjiessi, which existed during the Miocene of Kenya. The species epithet is a phonetic pun on the acronym NGS.[1] A new species, S. andrewsi, also from the middle Miocene of Kenya, was described by Terry Harrison in 2010.[2]

Species

  • Simiolus enjiessi Leakey & Leakey, 1987
  • Simiolus leakeyorum [lower-alpha 1]
  • Simiolus cheptumoae Pickford & Kunimatsu, 2005
  • Simiolus andrewsi Harrison, 2010

Notes

  1. ↑ Based on new material found on Maboko Island, Kenya, it has been argued[3][4] that the taxon presently referred to as Micropithecus leakeyorum should be transferred to the genus Simiolus. However, a full analysis of this material has not yet been published. As such, most of the published material that would belong to Simiolus leakeyorum is referred to in the literature as Micropithecus leakeyorum[2]

References

  1. ↑ Page 182, The ape in the tree: an intellectual & natural history of Proconsul, by Alan Walker, Pat Shipman. Harvard University Press, 2005. ISBN 0674016750/ ISBN 9780674016750
  2. 1 2 Harrison, Terry (2010). "Chapter 24: Dendropithecoidea, Proconsuloidea, and Hominoidea (Catarrhini, Primates)". In Werdelin, L.; Sanders, W.J. Cenozoic Mammals of Africa. University of California Press. pp. 429–469. ISBN 978-0-520-25721-4.
  3. ↑ Benefit, B. R. (1991). "The taxonomic status of Maboko small apes". American Journal of Physical Anthropology. suppl. 12: 50–51.
  4. ↑ Gitau, S. N.; Benefit, B. R. (1995). "New evidence concerning the facial morphology of Simiolus leakeyorum from Maboko Island". American Journal of Physical Anthropology. suppl. 20: 99.


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