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Sawecolobus

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Extinct species of mammal

Sawecolobus
Temporal range: Late Miocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Haplorhini
Infraorder: Simiiformes
Family: Cercopithecidae
Genus: †Sawecolobus
Gommery et. al., 2022
Species: †S. lukeinoensis
Binomial name
†Sawecolobus lukeinoensis
Gommery et. al., 2022

Sawecolobus is an extinct genus of colobine primate that inhabited Kenya during the Late Miocene, containing the species Sawecolobus lukeinoensis.

References

  1. 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.
Taxon identifiers
Sawecolobus


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