Sawecolobus
| Sawecolobus Temporal range:  | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification   | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Chordata | 
| Class: | Mammalia | 
| Order: | Primates | 
| Suborder: | Haplorhini | 
| Infraorder: | Simiiformes | 
| Family: | Cercopithecidae | 
| Genus: | † Gommery et. al., 2022 | 
| Species: | †S. lukeinoensis | 
| Binomial name | |
| †Sawecolobus lukeinoensis Gommery et. al., 2022 | |
Sawecolobus is an extinct genus of colobine primate that inhabited Kenya during the Late Miocene, containing the species Sawecolobus lukeinoensis.[1]
References
- ^ Gommery, Dominique; Senut, Brigitte; Pickford, Martin; Nishimura, Takeshi D.; Kipkech, Joseph (21 April 2022). "The Late Miocene colobine monkeys from Aragai (Lukeino Formation, Tugen Hills, Kenya)". Geodiversitas. 44 (16). doi:10.5252/geodiversitas2022v44a16. ISSN 1280-9659. Retrieved 9 October 2024 – via BioOne Digital Library.