Species Profile
Kenyapithecus wickeri
Early Miocene ape
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassMammalia
OrderUnknown
FamilyUnknown
Introduction
Kenyapithecus wickeri lived about 14–16 million years ago.
Fossils were discovered in Kenya, East Africa.
It is considered a possible ancestor of later apes and hominins.
Size & Structure
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Medium-sized ape
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Thick enamel teeth
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Strong jaws
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Likely semi-terrestrial
Kenyapithecus wickeri — 3D Model
No 3D model available
General Features
- Coelom
- True coelom
- Body plan
- Tube within a tube body plan (Deuterostomous)
- Germ layer
- Triploblastic
- Metamerism
- Absent
- Body symmetry
- Bilateral
- Fertilization
- Internal
- Digestion type
- Complete
- Nervous system
- Moderately developed cerebrum
- Excretory organ
- Kidneys
- Body temperature
- Homeothermic
- Circulatory type
- Closed, double, complete
- Development type
- Direct
- Respiratory type
- Pulmonary respiration
- Mode of excretion
- Ureotelism
- Circulation system
- Closed
- Skeleton structure
- Endoskeleton
- Level of Organisation
- Organ system level
- Regulation of Osmosis
- Osmoregulator
Ecology
Forest and woodland inhabitant
Omnivorous feeder
Early hominoid diversification
Economic Importance
Important fossil in ape evolution
Helps understand origin of great apes
Paleoanthropological research value