Cercopithecoides is an extinct genus of colobine monkey from Africa which lived during the latest Miocene to the Pleistocene period. There are several recognized species,[2] with the smallest close in size to some of the larger extant colobines, and males of the largest species weighed over 50 kilograms (110 lb).
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Suborder: | Haplorhini |
| Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
| Family: | Cercopithecidae |
| Subfamily: | Colobinae |
| Genus: | †Cercopithecoides Mollett, 1947[1] |
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The type species, Cercopithecoides williamsi, was named by O. D. Mollett in 1947, based on a partial cranium and mandible of a male individual from Makapansgat, South Africa.[5] It has since been found across many Pliocene and Pleistocene sites in South Africa, Angola, and Kenya.[6][7][8] The largest species, Cercopithecoides kimeui, was named by Meave Leakey in 1982, based on fossils found in Kenya and Tanzania.[6]
References edit
- ^ "Fossilworks: Cercopithecoides". Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ^ a b Laurent Pallas; Guillaume Daver; Hassane T. Mackaye; Andossa Likius; Patrick Vignaud; Franck Guy (2019). "A window into the early evolutionary history of Cercopithecidae: Late Miocene evidence from Chad, Central Africa". Journal of Human Evolution. 132: 61–79. doi:10.1016/j.jhevol.2019.03.013. PMID 31203852.
- ^ Stephen R. Frost et al .: Partial cranium of Cercopithecoides kimeui Leakey, 1982 from Rawi Gully, southwestern Kenya. In: American Journal of Physical Anthropology. Vol. 122, No. 3, 2003, pp. 191-199, doi: 10.1002 / ajpa.10279
- ^ Geissler, Elise, "Dental Microwear Analysis of Cercopithecoides williamsi." Thesis, Georgia State University, 2013. https://scholarworks.gsu.edu/anthro_theses/76
- ^ Mollett, O. D. (1947). "Fossil mammals of the Makapan Valley, Potgietersrust. I. Primates". South African Journal of Science. 43: 295–303.
- ^ a b Meave Leakey : Extinct Large Colobines From the Plio-Pleistocene of Africa. In: American Journal of Physical Anthropology. Vol. 58, No. 2, 1982, pp. 153-172, doi: 10.1002 / ajpa.1330580207
- ^ Szalay, Frederick S.; Delson, Eric (1979). Evolutionary History of the Primates. New York: Academic Press.
- ^ Freedman, Leonard (1957). "Fossil Cercopithecoidea of South Africa". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 23: 122–262.
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