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Kenyapithecus

Description

Kenyapithecus wickeri is a fossil ape discovered by Louis Leakey in 1961 at a site called Fort Ternan in Kenya. The upper jaw and teeth were dated to 14 million years ago. One theory states that Kenyapithecus may be the common ancestor of all the great apes. More recent investigations suggest Kenyapithecus is more primitive than that and is only slightly more modern than when Proconsul is considered to be an ape.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4827692https://www.gbif.org/species/4827692
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)100574https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=100574
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Primates : Hominidae : Kenyapithecus
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SynapsidaOsborn 1903
-Therapsida
infraorderCynodontia
-EpicynodontiaHopson and Kitching 2001
infraorderEucynodontiaKemp 1982
-ProbainognathiaHopson 1990
-MammaliamorphaRowe 1988
-MammaliaformesRowe 1988
classMammaliaLinnaeus 1758
orderPrimatesLinnaeus 1758
infraorderHaplorhini
-Anthropoidea
infraorderCatarrhiniGeoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1812
superfamilyHominoideaGray 1825
familyHominidaeGray 1825
subfamilyDryopithecinae
tribeKenyapithecini
genusKenyapithecusLeakey 1962
Scientific NameKenyapithecus Leakey, 1962
Name Published InAnn. Mag. Nat. Hist. (13) 4
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Kenyapithecusgenusbelongs to Hominidaestated with evidenceLeakey, 1968
Kenyapithecusgenusbelongs to Kenyapithecinistated with evidenceAndrews, 1992
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance23.0 - 16.0 Ma
Miocene
Last Recorded Appearance13.8 - 11.6 Ma
Miocene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Mammalia)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietomnivore (based on Hominidae)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)L. S. B. Leakey. 1968. Lower dentition of Kenyapithecus africanus. Nature 217:827-830
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenyapithecus

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Kenyapithecus wickeri
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
113.8 Ma
Miocene
13.8 Ma
Miocene

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1961Kenyapithecus Leakey
1968Kenyapithecus Leakey p. 827
1992Kenyapithecus Andrews p. 642

References

Leakey L. S. B. (1968) Lower dentition of Kenyapithecus africanus, Nature 217, 827-830
Andrews P. (1992) Evolution and environment in the Hominoidea, Nature 360, 641-646
Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
SN2000/Ward et al., 1999 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
SN2000: Brands, S. J. (compiler) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (13) 4 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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