Proconsul
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Proconsul is an extinct genus of early Miocene primates that exhibits a mix of monkey-like and ape-like features and is considered important for understanding the evolution of hominoids.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
extinct genus
ⓘ
fossil taxon ⓘ prehistoric primate genus ⓘ |
| bodySize | small to medium-sized primate ⓘ |
| brainSize | larger than most contemporary monkeys of similar body size ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| dentalFormula | 2.1.2.3 ⓘ |
| describedBy | Arthur Hopwood NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| diet |
frugivorous
ⓘ
omnivorous ⓘ |
| discoveredBy |
Louis Leakey
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mary Leakey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| family | Proconsulidae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fossilStatus | known from relatively complete skeletons ⓘ |
| foundIn |
Africa
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kenya NERFINISHED ⓘ Uganda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geologicalEpoch | Miocene NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| habitat | forested environments ⓘ |
| hasSpecies |
Proconsul africanus
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Proconsul heseloni NERFINISHED ⓘ Proconsul major NERFINISHED ⓘ Proconsul nyanzae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| infraorder | Simiiformes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| locomotion | arboreal quadrupedalism ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Roman office of proconsul ⓘ |
| notableSite |
Rusinga Island
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Songhor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| order | Primates ⓘ |
| parvorder | Catarrhini NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
ancestral hominoids
ⓘ
early apes ⓘ |
| showsFeature |
ape-like absence of tail
ⓘ
ape-like dentition ⓘ monkey-like postcranial skeleton ⓘ |
| significance |
considered a stem hominoid by many researchers
ⓘ
important for understanding early hominoid evolution ⓘ |
| suborder | Haplorhini NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| superfamily | Hominoidea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tailPresence | lacked external tail ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| temporalRange | Early Miocene ⓘ |
| temporalRangeEnd | approximately 14 million years ago ⓘ |
| temporalRangeStart | approximately 23 million years ago ⓘ |
| typeSpecies | Proconsul africanus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yearDescribed | 1933 ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.