Taxonavigation
Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Synapsida
Cladus: Eupelycosauria
Cladus: Sphenacodontia
Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea
Ordo: Therapsida
Cladus: Theriodontia
Subordo: Cynodontia
Infraordo: Eucynodontia
Cladus: Probainognathia
Cladus: Prozostrodontia
Cladus: Mammaliaformes
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Trechnotheria
Infraclassis: Zatheria
Supercohort: Theria
Cohort: Eutheria
Cohort: Placentalia
Superordo: Boreoeutheria
Superordo: Euarchontoglires
Ordo: Primates
Subordo: Haplorhini
Infraordo: Simiiformes
Parvordo: Catarrhini
Superfamilia: Hominoidea
Familia: incertae sedis
Genus: †Morotopithecus
Species: M. bishopi
Name
†Morotopithecus Gebo et al., 1997
Type species
- †Morotopithecus bishopi Gebo et al., 1997, by original designation
References
- Gebo, D.L.; MacLatchy, L.; Kityo, R.; Deino, A.; Kingston, J.; Pilbeam, D. 1997: A hominoid genus from the Early Miocene of Uganda. Science (Washington D.C.), 276: 401–404.
- Young, N.M.; MacLatchy, L. 2004: The phylogenetic position of Morotopithecus. Journal of human evolution, 46: 163–184.