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Extinct genus of Old World monkeys From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Paracolobus is an extinct genus of primate closely related to the living colobus monkeys. It lived in eastern Africa in the Pliocene and Early Pleistocene.[1] Fossils have been found in Kenya and Ethiopia, in places such as the Omo valley.[2]
Paracolobus Temporal range: | |
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Holotype specimen of P. chemeroni (AMNH 129319) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Primates |
Suborder: | Haplorhini |
Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
Family: | Cercopithecidae |
Subfamily: | Colobinae |
Genus: | †Paracolobus R.E.F. Leakey, 1969 |
Type species | |
†Paracolobus chemeroni Leakey, 1969 | |
Species | |
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Species of Paracolobus were large monkeys; P. chemeroni is estimated to have weighed between 30–50 kg (66–110 lb),[3] while P. mutiwa and the comparatively small P. enkorikae have been estimated at 39 kg (86 lb) and 9 kg (20 lb), respectively.[4] Compared to another giant monkey Cercopithecoides, Paracolobus had a longer face and deeper jaws. It had a longer cranium, broader muzzle, wider face and longer nasal bone than its closest relative, the extinct Rhinocolobus.[5] Its dentition was similar to modern colobus monkeys, indicating a largely folivorous diet.[4] Despite its large size, it was probably arboreal like its modern relatives.
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