Kogolepithecus

Kogolepithecus; Temporal range: Burdigalian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Primates
Suborder:	Haplorhini
Infraorder:	Simiiformes
Genus:	† Kogolepithecus
Species:	†K. morotoensis
Binomial name
	†Kogolepithecus morotoensis; Pickford et. al., 2003

Last updated June 16, 2025

Kogolepithecus is an extinct genus of catarrhine primate that inhabited Uganda during the Burdigalian. It contains the species K. morotoensis.^[1]

References

↑ Pickford, Martin; Senut, Brigitte; Gommery, Dominique; Musiime, Ezra (31 December 2003). "New Catarrhine fossils from Moroto II, Early Middle Miocene (ca 17.5 Ma) Uganda" . Comptes Rendus Palevol . 2 (8): 649–662. doi:10.1016/j.crpv.2003.10.001 . Retrieved 6 February 2025.

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[1] Pickford, Martin; Senut, Brigitte; Gommery, Dominique; Musiime, Ezra (31 December 2003). "New Catarrhine fossils from Moroto II, Early Middle Miocene (ca 17.5 Ma) Uganda" . Comptes Rendus Palevol . 2 (8): 649–662. doi:10.1016/j.crpv.2003.10.001 . Retrieved 6 February 2025.

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