Sawecolobus
| Sawecolobus Temporal range:
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Suborder: | Haplorhini |
| Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
| Family: | Cercopithecidae |
| Genus: | † Gommery et. al., 2022 |
| Species: | †S. lukeinoensis
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| Binomial name | |
| †Sawecolobus lukeinoensis Gommery et. al., 2022
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Sawecolobus is an extinct genus of colobine primate that inhabited Kenya during the Late Miocene, containing the species Sawecolobus lukeinoensis.[1]
References
- ^ Gommery, Dominique; Senut, Brigitte; Pickford, Martin; Nishimura, Takeshi D.; Kipkech, Joseph (21 April 2022). "The Late Miocene colobine monkeys from Aragai (Lukeino Formation, Tugen Hills, Kenya)". Geodiversitas. 44 (16). doi:10.5252/geodiversitas2022v44a16. ISSN 1280-9659. Retrieved 9 October 2024 – via BioOne Digital Library.