Nouveaux restes du primate hominoïde Ouranopithecus dans les dépôts du Miocène supérieur de Macédoine (Grèce)

Bonis, Louis de; Koufos, George D.; Guy, Franck; Peigné, Stéphane; Sylvestrou, Ioanna

doi:10.1016/s1251-8050(98)80045-1

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“…1-3 ; tables 1-3 ) as well as of the material from XIR and NKT Melentis, 1977a, b, 1978;Koufos, 1990, 1993;Koufos, 1993Koufos, , 1995de Bonis et al, 1998;Koufos and de Bonis, 2006].…”

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“…The RPl Ouranopithecus sample is rich, including mainly cranial and dental remains, as well as a few postcranials [de Bonis et al, 1974[de Bonis et al, , 1975[de Bonis et al, , 1998Melentis, 1977a, b, 1978;Koufos, 1993, 2014;de Bonis, 2004, 2006]. Dental remains of O. macedoniensis have been known to be variable in size, leading some researchers to suggest that more than one species is present in the RPl sample [Kay, 1982;Kay and Simons, 1983].…”

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New Material of the Hominoid Ouranopithecus macedoniensis from the Late Miocene of the Axios Valley (Macedonia, Greece) with Some Remarks on Its Sexual Dimorphism

Koufos¹,

Bonis²,

Kugiumtzis³

2016

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New hominoid teeth from the late Miocene locality Ravin de la Pluie (RPl) of the Axios Valley (Macedonia, Greece) are studied in this article. Their morphology, dimensions and proportions are similar to the hominoid Ouranopithecus macedoniensis, allowing their attribution to this taxon. The studied material provides some new morphological characters for the female P³ (small asymmetry, small mesiobuccal crown projection, paracone higher than protocone) and the lower canine (mesial groove: large in the male and small in the female, distobuccal fovea: large in the female and small in the male). The new material enriches the collection of O. macedoniensis. The estimated degree of sexual dimorphism of the RPl O. macedoniensis, calculated by the multivariate size dimorphism method, is compared with those of extant hominoids (Gorilla, Pan, Pongo) and of the late Miocene Lufengpithecus lufengensis from China, which is considered as more dimorphic than any living hominoid. The results suggest that Ouranopithecus multivariate size dimorphism for the premolar, molar and post-canine row is similar to those of Pongo and Lufengpithecus, slightly higher than that of Gorilla and clearly higher than that of Pan. Therefore, O. macedoniensis is apparently one of the most sexually dimorphic hominoids and the RPl assemblage is monospecific.

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“…1-3 ; tables 1-3 ) as well as of the material from XIR and NKT Melentis, 1977a, b, 1978;Koufos, 1990, 1993;Koufos, 1993Koufos, , 1995de Bonis et al, 1998;Koufos and de Bonis, 2006].…”

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New Material of the Hominoid Ouranopithecus macedoniensis from the Late Miocene of the Axios Valley (Macedonia, Greece) with Some Remarks on Its Sexual Dimorphism

Koufos¹,

Bonis²,

Kugiumtzis³

2016

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“…In N. nakayamai, however, the upper canine is slightly higher-crowned with the mesial shoulder more elevated from the cervix. The upper canines of Ouranopithecus are heavily worn and/or damaged, but in some specimens, such as RPl128 (presumed male) and RPl775 [sex disputed (30,31)], there seems to be a swelling on the basal part of the lingual aspect. It does not appear, however, to be so clearly differentiated as in N. nakayamai.…”

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A new Late Miocene great ape from Kenya and its implications for the origins of African great apes and humans

Kunimatsu

Nakatsukasa

Sawada

et al. 2007

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

170

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Extant African great apes and humans are thought to have diverged from each other in the Late Miocene. However, few hominoid fossils are known from Africa during this period. Here we describe a new genus of great ape (Nakalipithecus nakayamai gen. et sp. nov.) recently discovered from the early Late Miocene of Nakali, Kenya. The new genus resembles Ouranopithecus macedoniensis (9.6 -8.7 Ma, Greece) in size and some features but retains less specialized characters, such as less inflated cusps and better-developed cingula on cheek teeth, and it was recovered from a slightly older age (9.9 -9.8 Ma). Although the affinity of Ouranopithecus to the extant African apes and humans has often been inferred, the former is known only from southeastern Europe. The discovery of N. nakayamai in East Africa, therefore, provides new evidence on the origins of African great apes and humans. N. nakayamai could be close to the last common ancestor of the extant African apes and humans. In addition, the associated primate fauna from Nakali shows that hominoids and other noncercopithecoid catarrhines retained higher diversity into the early Late Miocene in East Africa than previously recognized.hominoid evolution

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“…The dentition is more worn than the other specimens, and based on size is probably from a female. It is very small compared to CO-300, and has a smaller dentition than RPL-54a, a probable female mandible of O. macedoniensis (de Bonis et al, 1974;de Bonis and Melentis, 1977).…”

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A new great ape from the late Miocene of Turkey

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An adult maxilla and partial mandibles of a hominoid primate recovered from the late Miocene locality of Çorakyerler (central Anatolia) are recognized as a new species of Ouranopithecus, one of the rare western Eurasian hominoids to have survived well into the late Miocene. This species is distinguished from its sister taxon, and likely ancestor Ouranopithecus macedoniensis, by a constellation of dentognathic features. The new species, in which the male postcanine dentition is larger than that of any other Miocene ape besides Gigantopithecus, is associated with evidence indicating an open, dry environment. Dental features of Ouranopithecus apparently evolved in parallel with later Australopithecus, and suggest that Ouranopithecus was adapted to a diet of tough/abrasive foods.

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Nouveaux restes du primate hominoïde Ouranopithecus dans les dépôts du Miocène supérieur de Macédoine (Grèce)

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New Material of the Hominoid Ouranopithecus macedoniensis from the Late Miocene of the Axios Valley (Macedonia, Greece) with Some Remarks on Its Sexual Dimorphism

New Material of the Hominoid Ouranopithecus macedoniensis from the Late Miocene of the Axios Valley (Macedonia, Greece) with Some Remarks on Its Sexual Dimorphism

A new Late Miocene great ape from Kenya and its implications for the origins of African great apes and humans

A new great ape from the late Miocene of Turkey

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