Paracolobus fossil map
Where fossils of Paracolobus have been found, shown on the Earth as it looked about 0 million years ago and on today’s map.
Dots are fossil collections recorded in the Paleobiology Database. The “then” view moves today’s fossil sites back to their positions 0 million years ago (the time slice nearest the median age of the fossils) using the Merdith et al. (2021) plate model; positions are approximate. Open on the timeline map →
| Group | Early mammals |
|---|---|
| Lived | 23.04–0.0117 million years ago (Aquitanian to Late Pleistocene) |
| Periods | Neogene, Quaternary |
| Family | Cercopithecidae |
| Named by | Leakey 1969 |
| Fossil records | 112 occurrences at 43 locations (PBDB) |
| Found in | Ethiopia, Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda |
| Rock formations | Shungura, Vogel River Series, Adu-Asa, Chemeron, USNO, Nkondo |
About Paracolobus
Paracolobus is an extinct genus of primate closely related to the living colobus monkeys. It lived in eastern Africa in the Pliocene and Early Pleistocene. Fossils have been found in Kenya and Ethiopia, in places such as the Omo valley.
Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Paracolobus (revision 1343216629), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0; introduction excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Ages, family, authority and fossil records: Paleobiology Database, accessed 23 October 2026. Ages are those of the rock layers the fossils were found in. Wikidata: Q7133998.
