Dryopithecine palaeobiodiversity in the Iberian Miocene revisited on the basis of molar endostructural morphology
Autor: | Federico Bernardini, Clément Zanolli, Claudio Tuniz, Josep Fortuny, David M. Alba |
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Přispěvatelé: | De la Préhistoire à l'Actuel : Culture, Environnement et Anthropologie (PACEA), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Bordeaux (UB), Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Enrico Fermi Center for Study and Research | Museo Storico della Fisica e Centro Studi e Ricerche Enrico Fermi, Università degli Studi di Firenze = University of Florence [Firenze] (UNIFI), Université de Bordeaux (UB)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Museo Storico della Fisica e Centro di Studi e Ricerche 'Enrico Fermi', Roma |
Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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0106 biological sciences
[SHS.ARCHEO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Archaeology and Prehistory Anoiapithecus [SHS.ANTHRO-BIO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Biological anthropology Dental morphology Late Miocene dental morphology Dryopithecinae enamel–dentine junction fossil primates Hominoidea relative enamel thickness 010603 evolutionary biology 01 natural sciences Paleontology Hispanopithecus Settore GEO/01 - Paleontologia e Paleoecologia Relative enamel thickness 0601 history and archaeology Pierolapithecus Sivapithecus Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics 060101 anthropology biology Enamel paint Enamel-dentine junction 06 humanities and the arts biology.organism_classification Fossil primates visual_art visual_art.visual_art_medium Species inquirenda [SDU.STU.PG]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Paleontology Dryopithecus enamel-dentine junction |
Zdroj: | Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Palaeontology Palaeontology, Wiley, 2021, 64 (4), pp.531-554. ⟨10.1111/pala.12540⟩ |
ISSN: | 0031-0239 1475-4983 |
DOI: | 10.1111/pala.12540⟩ |
Popis: | International audience; Extensive fieldwork at Abocador de Can Mata (north-east Iberian Peninsula) has uncovered a previously unsuspected diversity of catarrhine primates in the middle Miocene (12.5-11.6 Ma) of Europe. However, the distinction of the great ape genera Pierolapithecus and Anoiapithecus from Dryopithecus (supported by craniodental differences) has been disputed by some authors. Here we revisit the diversity of great apes (dryopithecines) from the Iberian Miocene based on molar 3D endostructural morphology (relative enamel thickness, enamel distribution, and enamel-dentine junction (EDJ)). Using microtomography, we inspected an extensive sample of 49 hominoid molars representing at least five species from 12 localities. 2D and 3D relative enamel thickness values indicate that Dryopithecus and 'Sivapithecus' occidentalis (species inquirenda) display the thinnest and thickest enamel, respectively, while the remaining taxa (Hispanopithecus, Anoiapithecus, Pierolapithecus) show intermediate values. Upper molar enamel distribution maps exhibit a similar pattern in P. catalaunicus, A. brevirostris, D. fontani, H. laietanus and H. crusafonti whereas for the lower molars they reveal differences between H. laietanus and H. crusafonti. Lower molar enamel distribution and EDJ morphology of 'S.' occidentalis support the distinction of this species but do not resolve whether it is a junior synonym of Anoiapithecus brevirostris or Pierolapithecus catalaunicus. Overall our results support the distinction of middle Miocene dryopithecins from late Miocene hispanopithecins, the distinction of Pierolapithecus and Anoiapithecus from Dryopithecus among the former, and the distinct species status of H. crusafonti compared to H. laietanus among the latter. Our results highlight the potential of inner tooth morphology for hominoid alpha-taxonomy. |
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