Nacholapithecus

Nacholapithecus is a Middle Miocene ape from a find located in the North Kenyan region (Ishida et al 1984;2004; Pickford et al;1987; Rose et al 1996) and is a basal hominoid.[1] It is a genus thought to be important to Human evolution. [2]

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Taxonomy

Nacholapithecus was initially classified as belonging in Kenyapithecus (Ishida et al 1984), then attributed (Ward et al 1999) to Equatorius (with Equatorius perhaps grouped into a sub-family Equatorinae, instead of both species in Afropithecini (Cameron 2004) [3]), finally recognised as a separate genus (Ishida et al 1999). [4][5] Classified perhaps as a member of the family Proconsulidae (I. S. Zalmout et al. 2010). [6]

Nacholapithecus kerioi

Nacholapithecus kerioi is a hominoid known from the Aka Aiteputh Formation, in Nachola, Northern Kenya. [7]

Formation

The formation is largely part of the north-western rift flank overlying the Nachola Formation,[8] part of the Neogene system (Samburu). [9]

References

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