Alophe

Alophe metios was an early cercopithecoid monkey that lived in Kenya about 22 million years ago. It is known from jaw fragments and teeth. Although it was more closely related to modern cercopithecids (Old World monkeys) than to apes, it had not evolved some features shared by crown cercopithecids and their nearest relatives, such as bilophodont molars.[1]

Alophe
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Haplorhini
Infraorder: Simiiformes
Parvorder: Catarrhini
Superfamily: Cercopithecoidea
Genus: †Alophe
Species:
†A. metios
Binomial name
†Alophe metios
(Rasmussen et al. 2019)
Synonyms

Alophia Rasmussen et al. 2019

The monkey was originally named Alophia metios, but the genus Alophia was already taken by a moth, prompting the new name Alophe. [2]

References
  1. Rasmussen, D. Tab; Friscia, Anthony R.; Gutierrez, Mercedes; Kappelman, John; Miller, Ellen R.; Muteti, Samuel; Reynoso, Dawn; Rossie, James B.; Spell, Terry L.; Tabor, Neil J; Gierlowski-Kordesch, Elizabeth; Jacobs, Bonnie F.; Kyongo, Benson; Macharwas, Matthew; Muchemi, Francis (March 26, 2019). "Primitive Old World monkey from the earliest Miocene of Kenya and the evolution of cercopithecoid bilophodonty". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA. 116 (12): 6051–6056. doi:10.1073/pnas.1815423116. PMC 6442627. PMID 30858323.
  2. "Correction for Rasmussen et al., Primitive Old World monkey from the earliest Miocene of Kenya and the evolution of cercopithecoid bilophodonty". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA. 116 (24): 12109. 2019. doi:10.1073/pnas.1907208116. PMID 31160447.
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