Paracolobus Temporal range:
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Paracolobus chemeroni | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Primates |
Suborder: | Haplorhini |
Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
Family: | Cercopithecidae |
Subfamily: | Colobinae |
Genus: | †
Paracolobus R.E.F. Leakey, 1969 |
Type species | |
†Paracolobus chemeroni Leakey, 1969
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Species | |
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Paracolobus is an extinct genus of primate closely related to the living colobus monkeys. It lived in eastern Africa in the Pliocene and Early Pleistocene. [1] Fossils have been found in Kenya and Ethiopia, in places such as the Omo valley. [2]
Species of Paracolobus were large monkeys; P. chemeroni is estimated to have weighed between 30–50 kg (66–110 lb), [3] while P. mutiwa and the comparatively small P. enkorikae have been estimated at 39 kg (86 lb) and 9 kg (20 lb), respectively. [4] Compared to another giant monkey Cercopithecoides, Paracolobus had a longer face and deeper jaws. It had a longer cranium, broader muzzle, wider face and longer nasal bone than its closest relative, the extinct Rhinocolobus. [5] Its dentition was similar to modern colobus monkeys, indicating a largely folivorous diet. [4] Despite its large size, it was probably arboreal like its modern relatives.
Paracolobus Temporal range:
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Paracolobus chemeroni | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Primates |
Suborder: | Haplorhini |
Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
Family: | Cercopithecidae |
Subfamily: | Colobinae |
Genus: | †
Paracolobus R.E.F. Leakey, 1969 |
Type species | |
†Paracolobus chemeroni Leakey, 1969
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Species | |
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Paracolobus is an extinct genus of primate closely related to the living colobus monkeys. It lived in eastern Africa in the Pliocene and Early Pleistocene. [1] Fossils have been found in Kenya and Ethiopia, in places such as the Omo valley. [2]
Species of Paracolobus were large monkeys; P. chemeroni is estimated to have weighed between 30–50 kg (66–110 lb), [3] while P. mutiwa and the comparatively small P. enkorikae have been estimated at 39 kg (86 lb) and 9 kg (20 lb), respectively. [4] Compared to another giant monkey Cercopithecoides, Paracolobus had a longer face and deeper jaws. It had a longer cranium, broader muzzle, wider face and longer nasal bone than its closest relative, the extinct Rhinocolobus. [5] Its dentition was similar to modern colobus monkeys, indicating a largely folivorous diet. [4] Despite its large size, it was probably arboreal like its modern relatives.