Name - Kenyapithecus

Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)

urn:lsid:organismnames.com:name:46950 [metadata]

Variants and Synonyms

• Kenyapithecus Leakey 1962

• Kenyapithecus Anon 1962

Reported Taxonomic Ranks

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Reported Taxonomic Hierarchies

Recent Publications

• On the relationships and adaptations of Kenyapithecus, a large-bodied hominoid from the Middle Miocene of eastern Africa.
• K-Ar ages of Miocene Hominoidea (Kenyapithecus and Samburupithecus) from Samburu Hills, northern Kenya.
• A newly discovered Kenyapithecus skeleton and its implications for the evolution of positional behaviour in Miocene east African hominoids.
• Enamel thickness and microstructure in pitheciin primates, with comments on dietary adaptations of the middle Miocene hominoid Kenyapithecus.
• Functional morphology and affinities of the hominoid mandible from Candir.

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