Theropithecus oswaldi
Theropithecus oswaldi Temporal range: Pleistocene
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Primates |
Suborder: | Haplorhini |
Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
Family: | Cercopithecidae |
Genus: | Theropithecus |
Species: | †T. oswaldi
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Binomial name | |
†Theropithecus oswaldi (Andrews, 1916)
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Theropithecus oswaldi is an extinct species of Theropithecus from the early to middle Pleistocene of Kenya, Ethiopia, Tanzania, South Africa, Spain, Morocco and Algeria.[1] It appears to have been a specialised grazer.[2] The species went extinct in South Africa around 1.0 Ma.[3] Having existed alongside hominins like Homo erectus, it is likely that conflict with early humans played a role in their extinction as a site has been found with many juveniles butchered.[4] It is remarkable for its large size compared to other old world monkeys.
Description[]
Postcranial fossils found of this species are much greater in size than extant papionins, including the mandrill. [5]
References[]
- ^ "The Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 11 August 2013.
- ^ Van der Merwe, et al., 2003. The carbon isotope ecology and diet of Australopithecus africanus at Sterkfontein, South Africa. Journal of Human Evolution 44: 581-597.
- ^ Faith, J.T., 2014. Late Pleistocene and Holocene mammal extinctions on continental Africa. Earth-Science Reviews 128: 105-121
- ^ Shipman, Pat; Bosler, Wendy (June 1981). "Butchering of Giant Geladas at an Acheulian Site". Current Anthropology. 22: 257–288 – via JSTOR.
- ^ Geraads, Denis; de Bonis, Louis (6 Feb 2020). "First record of Theropithecus (Cercopithecidae) from the Republic of Djibouti". Journal of Human Evolution. 138.
Categories:
- Papionini
- Pleistocene mammals of Africa
- Pleistocene mammals of Europe
- Prehistoric monkeys
- Pleistocene primates
- Fossil taxa described in 1916
- Prehistoric primate stubs