Sawecolobus is an extinct genus of colobine primate that inhabited Kenya during the Late Miocene, containing the species Sawecolobus lukeinoensis.[1]

Sawecolobus
Temporal range: Late Miocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Haplorhini
Infraorder: Simiiformes
Family: Cercopithecidae
Genus: Sawecolobus
Gommery et. al., 2022
Species:
S. lukeinoensis
Binomial name
Sawecolobus lukeinoensis
Gommery et. al., 2022

References

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  1. ^ 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.