New Oligocene primate from Saudi Arabia and the divergence of apes and Old World monkeys

I. S. Zalmout, W. J. Sanders, L. M. MacLatchy, G. F. Gunnell, Y. A. Al-Mufarreh, M. A. Ali, A-A. H. Nasser, A. M. Al-Masari, S. A. Al-Sobhi, A. O. Nadhra, A. H. Matari, J. A. Wilson, and P. D. Gingerich

2010

Article

Nature 466:360-364

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Taxa discussed in this work:

• Dendropithecidae
• Nacholapithecus
• Propliopithecoidea
• Saadaniidae
• Saadanioidea
• Saadanius
• Saadanius hijazensis
• Xenopithecus

Taxonomy:

• Proconsul belongs to Proconsulidae - Zalmout et al. (2010)
• Nacholapithecus belongs to Proconsulidae - Zalmout et al. (2010)
• Xenopithecus belongs to Proconsulidae - Zalmout et al. (2010)
• Turkanapithecus belongs to Proconsulidae - Zalmout et al. (2010)
• Rangwapithecus belongs to Proconsulidae - Zalmout et al. (2010)
• Nyanzapithecus belongs to Proconsulidae - Zalmout et al. (2010)
• Heliopithecus belongs to Proconsulidae - Zalmout et al. (2010)
• Morotopithecus belongs to Proconsulidae - Zalmout et al. (2010)
• Afropithecus belongs to Proconsulidae - Zalmout et al. (2010)
• Saadanioidea belongs to Catarrhini - Zalmout et al. (2010)
• Proconsulidae belongs to Hominoidea - Zalmout et al. (2010)
• Simiolus belongs to Dendropithecidae - Zalmout et al. (2010)
• Micropithecus belongs to Dendropithecidae - Zalmout et al. (2010)
• Dendropithecus belongs to Dendropithecidae - Zalmout et al. (2010)
• Propliopithecoidea belongs to Catarrhini - Zalmout et al. (2010)
• Saadanius hijazensis belongs to Saadanius - Zalmout et al. (2010)
• Saadanius belongs to Saadaniidae - Zalmout et al. (2010)
• Saadaniidae belongs to Saadanioidea - Zalmout et al. (2010)