Cercopithecidae

Old World monkeys are primates in the family Cercopithecidae. Twenty-four genera and 139 species are recognized, making it the largest primate family. Old World monkey genera include baboons, red colobus, and macaques. Common names for other Old World monkeys include the talapoin, guenon, colobus, douc, vervet, gelada, mangabey, langur, mandrill, drill, surili (Presbytis), patas, and proboscis monkey.

Cercopithecidae

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Also called
monkeyPBDB
Sits inside
CercopithecoideaPBDB
Diet
frugivore, folivorePBDB
Life habit
arborealPBDB
Motility
actively mobilePBDB, for Osteichthyes
Environment
terrestrialPBDB, for Eutheria

Time the record covers

At least 13 million years on record.

The record covers at least 13.82 Mya to 11.7 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 23.04 Mya to 0 Mya.

Oligocene — about 0 of 846 occurrencesMiocene — about 57 of 846 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 229 of 846 occurrencesPliocenePleistocene — about 524 of 846 occurrencesPleistocene24–23 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences23–22 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences22–21 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences21–20 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences20–20 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences20–19 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences19–18 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences18–17 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences17–16 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences16–16 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences16–15 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences15–14 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences14–13 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences13–13 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences13–12 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences12–11 Mya — about 3 occurrences11–10 Mya — about 4 occurrences10–9.4 Mya — about 4 occurrences9.4–8.6 Mya — about 4 occurrences8.6–7.8 Mya — about 5 occurrences7.8–7.1 Mya — about 7 occurrences7.1–6.3 Mya — about 11 occurrences6.3–5.5 Mya — about 11 occurrences5.5–4.7 Mya — about 38 occurrences4.7–3.9 Mya — about 47 occurrences3.9–3.1 Mya — about 76 occurrences3.1–2.4 Mya — about 149 occurrences2.4–1.6 Mya — about 223 occurrences1.6–785 ka Mya — about 86 occurrences785 ka–0 Mya — about 172 occurrences13.82 Mya11.7 ka23.5 Mya0 Mya

846 occurrences of Cercopithecidae on record, most of them in the Pleistocene. The Paleobiology Database records this as a living group. Bar height is expected occurrences, not a count: each fossil is spread across the span it is dated to, so a tall narrow bar means tight dating and a low wide one means loose.

When

846 occurrences

These are dates about fossils, not the animal: the record can only begin after it arose and end before it died out, so either end may reach further. Shares are expected occurrences: a fossil dated to a span is counted partly in each period it straddles. More on what this infers.

Found in

58 formations

Shungura — 5.14°N, 36.03°EShungura — 5.05°N, 36.03°EShungura — 5.15°N, 36.04°EShungura — 5.09°N, 36.06°EKoobi Fora — 3.90°N, 36.24°EKoobi Fora — 3.98°N, 36.32°EKoobi Fora — 3.86°N, 36.26°EKoobi Fora — 4.07°N, 36.37°EKoobi Fora — 3.87°N, 36.37°EKoobi Fora — 3.92°N, 36.45°EKoobi Fora — 4.24°N, 36.37°EKoobi Fora — 4.06°N, 36.33°EKoobi Fora — 3.77°N, 36.39°EKoobi Fora — 4.26°N, 36.28°EKoobi Fora — 4.24°N, 36.26°EKoobi Fora — 4.29°N, 36.23°EKoobi Fora — 3.78°N, 36.33°EKoobi Fora — 3.59°N, 36.24°EVogel River Series — 3.19°S, 35.21°EVogel River Series — 3.01°S, 35.20°EVogel River Series — 3.25°S, 35.20°EVogel River Series — 3.13°S, 35.13°ENachukui — 4.25°N, 35.79°ENachukui — 3.08°N, 35.83°ENachukui — 3.87°N, 35.72°ENachukui — 4.11°N, 35.73°ENachukui — 4.15°N, 35.74°ENachukui — 4.17°N, 35.77°ENachukui — 4.05°N, 35.73°ENachukui — 3.87°N, 35.76°ENachukui — 2.90°N, 36.05°EKromdraai — 26.00°S, 27.75°ESwartkrans — 26.02°S, 27.72°ESagantole — 10.48°N, 40.60°ESagantole — 10.62°N, 40.58°ESagantole — 10.63°N, 40.54°ESagantole — 10.45°N, 40.45°ESagantole — 10.47°N, 40.50°EWehaietu — 10.73°N, 40.42°EWehaietu — 10.90°N, 40.48°EWehaietu — 10.72°N, 40.50°EWehaietu — 10.57°N, 40.58°EWehaietu — 10.63°N, 40.54°EOlduvai — 2.99°S, 35.35°EOlduvai — 2.98°S, 34.32°EOlduvai — 2.98°S, 35.37°EAdu-Asa — 10.32°N, 40.25°EAdu-Asa — 10.43°N, 40.42°EOlorgesailie — 1.58°S, 36.43°EKanapoi — 2.37°N, 36.08°EKanapoi — 2.32°N, 36.07°EChemeron — 0.67°N, 35.83°EChemeron — 0.75°N, 35.88°ESterkfontein — 26.02°S, 27.73°EKapthurin — 0.50°N, 36.00°EMakapansgat — 24.20°S, 28.95°EUSNO — 5.35°N, 36.17°EHadar — 11.13°N, 40.59°ENawata and Nachukui — 2.88°N, 36.07°ENawata and Nachukui — 2.90°N, 36.05°ENawata — 2.90°N, 36.05°EChiwondo — 10.17°S, 34.00°EChiwondo — 10.00°S, 33.92°ENawata or Nachukui — 2.90°N, 36.05°EMatabaietu — 10.55°N, 40.58°EChemoigut — 0.65°N, 36.20°E

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The named rock units Cercopithecidae has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 34 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 268 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Cercopithecidae and its relatives

Pleistocene

Where Cercopithecidae and its relatives were recorded in the Pleistocene.

Found in the same rock

771 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 512 sites for Cercopithecidae, and this reads 240 of them. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too. The 24 sharing the most are listed.

This is not a list of everything alive at the time. It is only what has come out of the same ground as this animal and been written down.

Entered from

245 references

Each of the 846 occurrences read was entered from one of these publications, ordered by how many each accounts for. This is not a search for papers mentioning the name. 233 further references are not listed. Entries link to doi.org where the Paleobiology Database holds an identifier, and to its own record where it does not. Relayed as the Paleobiology Database holds them, not checked against what they resolve to.

Media and terms

Media content3

Picture of Cercopithecidae

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By Aaron Logan
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Structured light scan

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Specimen
Cercopithecidae indet. · dnmnh:kb:5267

3D model

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The description on this site

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This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Gray 1821