Equatorius
{{Short description|Extinct genus of primates}}
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| fossil_range = Miocene {{fossil range|15.58|15.36}}
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| taxon = Equatorius
| authority = {{Harvnb|Ward|Brown|Hill|Kelley|1999}}
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| type_species = {{extinct}}Equatorius africanus
| type_species_authority = {{Harvnb|Ward|Brown|Hill|Kelley|1999}}
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Equatorius is an extinct genus of kenyapithecine primate found in central Kenya at the Tugen Hills.{{Harvnb|Ward|Brown|Hill|Kelley|1999}} Thirty-eight large teeth belonging to this middle Miocene hominid in addition to a mandibular and partially complete skeleton dated 15.58 Ma and 15.36 Ma. were later found.{{Harvnb|Kelley|Ward|Brown|Hill|2002}}
Analysis
The anatomical structures in part was seen to be similar to Afropithecus and Proconsul. Nevertheless, anatomy and morphology suggested the genus had an increased terrestrial habitat.{{Harvnb|Sherwood|Ward|Hill|Duren|2002}}
Taxonomy
{{Harvnb|Ward|Brown|Hill|Kelley|1999}}, using their previous published study of K.africanus, based the separate definition on comparisons of gnathic and dental anatomy.{{Harvnb|Ward|Duren|2002}}, {{Harvnb|Begun|2000}} The classification's validity was subsequently challenged.See McCrossin & Benefit's comment in {{Harvnb|Begun|2000}}
Notes
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References
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- {{Cite journal
| last = Begun | first = David R.
| title = Technical Comments: Middle Miocene Hominoid Origins
| journal = Science |date=March 2000 | volume = 287 | issue = 5462 | page = 2375
| doi = 10.1126/science.287.5462.2375a | doi-access = free }}
- {{Cite journal
| last1 = Kelley | first1 = J
| last2 = Ward | first2 = S
| last3 = Brown | first3 = B
| last4 = Hill | first4 = A
| last5 = Duren | first5 = DL
| title = Dental remains of Equatorius africanus from Kipsaramon, Tugen Hills, Baringo District, Kenya
| journal = J Hum Evol |date=Jan–Feb 2002 | volume = 42 | issue = 1–2 | pages = 39–62
| pmid = 11795967 | doi=10.1006/jhev.2001.0504
| bibcode = 2002JHumE..42...39K
}}
- {{Cite journal
| last1 = Sherwood | first1 = RJ
| last2 = Ward | first2 = S
| last3 = Hill | first3 = A
| last4 = Duren | first4 = DL
| last5 = Brown | first5 = B
| last6 = Downs | first6 = W
| title = Preliminary description of the Equatorius africanus partial skeleton (KNM-TH 28860) from Kipsaramon, Tugen Hills, Baringo District, Kenya
| journal = J Hum Evol |date=Jan–Feb 2002 | volume = 42 | issue = 1–2 | pages = 63–73
| pmid = 11795968 | doi=10.1006/jhev.2001.0502
| bibcode = 2002JHumE..42...63S
}}
- {{Cite book
| last1 = Ward | first1 = Steven C.
| last2 = Duren | first2 = Dana L.
| chapter = Middle and late Miocene African hominoids
| editor-last = Hartwig | editor-first = Walter
| title = The Primate Fossil Record
| publisher = Cambridge University Press | year = 2002
| isbn = 9780521663151 | chapter-url = https://books.google.com/books?id=Ezm1OA_s6isC&q=%22Equatorius%22&pg=PA387
| bibcode = 2002prfr.book.....H
}}
- {{Cite journal
| last1 = Ward | first1 = Steve
| last2 = Brown | first2 = Barbara
| last3 = Hill | first3 = Andrew
| last4 = Kelley | first4 = Jay
| last5 = Downs | first5 = Will
| title = Equatorius: A New Hominoid Genus from the Middle Miocene of Kenya
| journal = Science |date=August 1999 | volume = 285 | issue = 5432 | pages = 1382–1386
| doi = 10.1126/science.285.5432.1382 | pmid=10464093
}}
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{{Haplorhini|Ho.}}
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Category:Miocene primates of Africa