Equatorius Temporal range:
Miocene
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Primates |
Suborder: | Haplorhini |
Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
Superfamily: | Hominoidea |
Family: | incertae sedis |
Genus: | †
Equatorius Ward et al. 1999 |
Type species | |
†Equatorius africanus |
Equatorius is an extinct genus of kenyapithecine primate found in central Kenya at the Tugen Hills. [1] Thirty-eight large teeth belonging to this middle Miocene hominid in addition to a mandibular and partially complete skeleton dated 15.58 Ma and 15.36 Ma. were later found. [2]
The anatomical structures in part was seen to be similar to Afropithecus and Proconsul. Nevertheless, anatomy and morphology suggested the genus had an increased terrestrial habitat. [3]
Ward et al. 1999, using their previous published study of K.africanus, based the separate definition on comparisons of gnathic and dental anatomy. [4] The classification's validity was subsequently challenged. [5]
Equatorius Temporal range:
Miocene
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Primates |
Suborder: | Haplorhini |
Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
Superfamily: | Hominoidea |
Family: | incertae sedis |
Genus: | †
Equatorius Ward et al. 1999 |
Type species | |
†Equatorius africanus |
Equatorius is an extinct genus of kenyapithecine primate found in central Kenya at the Tugen Hills. [1] Thirty-eight large teeth belonging to this middle Miocene hominid in addition to a mandibular and partially complete skeleton dated 15.58 Ma and 15.36 Ma. were later found. [2]
The anatomical structures in part was seen to be similar to Afropithecus and Proconsul. Nevertheless, anatomy and morphology suggested the genus had an increased terrestrial habitat. [3]
Ward et al. 1999, using their previous published study of K.africanus, based the separate definition on comparisons of gnathic and dental anatomy. [4] The classification's validity was subsequently challenged. [5]