Nyanzapithecinae

The Nyanzapithecinae or Nyanzapithecines are a subfamily of extinct Dendropithecidae as sister of Simiolus.^[1][2] The group contains Rangwapithecus, Turkanapithecus, Rukwapithecus, Oreopithecus, and Nyanzapithecus. In the following tree the internal structure of Nyanzapithecinae of Nengo et al. is followed.^[3]

Dendropithecidae	Dendropithecus Simiolus Nyanzapithecinae Rangwapithecus Turkanapithecus Oreopithecus Rukwapithecus Nyanzapithecus

Nyanzapithecinae Temporal range: 27–7 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Primates
Suborder:	Haplorhini
Infraorder:	Simiiformes
Family:	†Dendropithecidae
Subfamily:	†Nyanzapithecinae Harrison, 1999/2002
Genera
†Rangwapithecus †Turkanapithecus †Rukwapithecus †Oreopithecus? †Nyanzapithecus

Nyanzapithecinae Harrison, 2002

• Nyanzapithecus Harrison, 1986
  • Nyanzapithecus harrisoni Kunimatsu, 1997
  • Nyanzapithecus pickfordi Harrison, 1986
  • Nyanzapithecus vancouveringorum Andrews, 1974
• Mabokopithecus von Koenigswald, 1969
  • Mabokopithecus clarki von Koenigswald, 1969
• Rangwapithecus Andrews, 1974
  • Rangwapithecus gordoni Andrews, 1974
• Turkanapithecus Leakey & Leakey, 1986
  • Turkanapithecus kalakolensis Leakey & Leakey, 1986

Nengo et al. suggest: "Nyanzapithecines were a long-lived and diverse group of Miocene hominoids that are probably close to the origin of crown hominoids."

References

1. Rasmussen, D. Tab; Friscia, Anthony R.; Gutierrez, Mercedes; Kappelman, John; Miller, Ellen R.; Muteti, Samuel; Reynoso, Dawn; Rossie, James B.; Spell, Terry L. (2019-03-26). "Primitive Old World monkey from the earliest Miocene of Kenya and the evolution of cercopithecoid bilophodonty". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116 (13): 6051–6056. doi:10.1073/pnas.1815423116. ISSN 0027-8424. PMC 6442627. PMID 30858323.
2. Rossie, James B.; Hill, Andrew (2018). "A new species of Simiolus from the middle Miocene of the Tugen Hills, Kenya". Journal of Human Evolution. 125: 50–58. doi:10.1016/j.jhevol.2018.09.002. PMID 30502897.
3. Nengo, Isaiah; Tafforeau, Paul; Gilbert, Christopher C.; Fleagle, John G.; Miller, Ellen R.; Feibel, Craig; Fox, David L.; Feinberg, Josh; Pugh, Kelsey D. (2017). "New infant cranium from the African Miocene sheds light on ape evolution" (PDF). Nature. 548 (7666): 169–174. doi:10.1038/nature23456. ISSN 0028-0836. PMID 28796200. S2CID 4397839.