Proconsul
Conservation status
Conservation status: Fossil Miocene (27-17 MYA)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Primates Superfamily: Hominoidea Family: Proconsulidae (extinct) Subfamily: Proconsulinae (extinct) Genus: Proconsul (extinct)
Species (extinct)
Proconsul africanus Proconsul nyanzae Proconsul major Proconsul heseloni Image File history File links Download high resolution version (976x531, 35 KB) Summary I draw it 30 oct 2005 Mateus Zica Mateuszica 01:53, 31 October 2005 (UTC) Licensing File links The following pages link to this file: Proconsul (genus) Timeline of human evolution Proconsul africanus User:Mateuszica/timelineour ... The conservation status of a species is an indicator of the likelihood of that species continuing to survive either in the present day or the future. ... The Miocene epoch is a period of time that extends from about 23 to 5. ... For other uses, see Scientific classification (disambiguation). ... Animalia redirects here. ... Typical Classes Subphylum Urochordata - Tunicates Ascidiacea Thaliacea Larvacea Subphylum Cephalochordata - Lancelets Subphylum Myxini - Hagfishes Subphylum Vertebrata - Vertebrates Petromyzontida - Lampreys Placodermi (extinct) Chondrichthyes - Cartilaginous fishes Acanthodii (extinct) Actinopterygii - Ray-finned fishes Actinistia - Coelacanths Dipnoi - Lungfishes Amphibia - Amphibians Reptilia - Reptiles Aves - Birds Mammalia - Mammals Chordates (phylum Chordata) include the vertebrates, together with... I smoke weed im growing a blue penis dude#REDIRECT penises are cool ... For the ecclesiastical use of this term, see primate (religion) Families 13, See classification A primate is any member of the biological order Primates, the group that contains all lemurs, monkeys, and apes, including humans. ... Families Hylobatidae Hominidae Apes are the members of the Hominoidea superfamily of primates, including humans. ... In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biodiversity. ... Binomial name Proconsul africanus Hopwood, 1933b Proconsul africanus was a Miocene-era fossil found on Rusinga Island by Mary Leakey and her research team. ... Binomial name Proconsul nyanzae Le Gros Clark & Leakey, 1950 Proconsul nyanzae is a fossil primate discovered several times. ... Binomial name Proconsul major Le Gros Clark & Leakey, 1950 Proconsul major, an extinct primate of the genus Proconsul, was possibly the ancestor of Afropithecus and showed hominid characteristics. ...

Proconsul was an early genus of primates that existed from 27 to 17 million years ago during the Miocene epoch, first in Kenya, and restricted to Africa. There were at least 4 species ranging in size from 22-84 lbs. They inhabited rainforests. For other uses of the word, please see Genus (disambiguation). ... Families 15, See classification A primate (L. prima, first) is any member of the biological order Primates, the group that contains all the species commonly related to the lemurs, monkeys, and apes, with the latter category including humans. ... The Miocene epoch is a period of time that extends from about 23 to 5. ... A world map showing the continent of Africa. ...

They had a mixture of Old World monkey and ape characteristics, so their placement in the ape superfamily Hominoidea is tentative; some scientists place Proconsul outside of Hominoidea, before the split of the apes and Old World monkeys. If Proconsul is not an ape, then it would be somewhat closely related to Aegyptopithecus. Subfamilies Cercopithecinae - 11 genera Colobinae - 10 genera The Old World monkeys or Cercopithecidae are a group of primates, falling in the superfamily Cercopithecoidea in the clade Catarrhini. ... Families Hylobatidae Hominidae Apes are the members of the Hominoidea superfamily of primates, which includes humans. ... Binomial name Aegyptopithecus zeuxis Aegyptopithecus, also called the Dawn Ape, is an early fossil catarrhine that predates the divergence between hominoids (apes) and Old World monkeys. ...

Proconsul's monkey-like features include thin tooth enamel, a light build with a narrow chest and short forelimbs, and an arboreal quadrupedal lifestyle. Its ape-like features are its lack of a tail, ape-like elbows, and a slightly larger brain relative to body size. The first specimen, a partial jaw discovered in 1909 by a gold prospector at Koru, near Kisumu in western Kenya, was also the oldest fossil hominoid known until recently, and the first fossil mammal ever found in sub-Saharan Africa. This article is about the biological organisms known as trees. ... The koru is the Maori name given to the newborn, unfurling fern frond and symbolises new life, growth, strength and peace. ... Kisumu ( ) is a port city in western Kenya, with a population of 322,724 (1999 census). ...

At the time of the discovery of Proconsul, the Folies Bergère in Paris had a popular performing chimpanzee named Consul, after which chimpanzees in zoos including the Belle Vue in Manchester were also named; the fact that the Miocene genus was a "pre-chimp" or the next thing to it supposedly inspired the generic name (Howell, 1965). Type species Simia troglodytes Blumenbach, 1775 distribution of Species Pan troglodytes Pan paniscus Chimpanzee, often shortened to chimp, is the common name for the two extant species in the genus Pan. ...

External link

• Mikkos's Phylogeny Archive