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标题：A new great ape from the late Miocene of Turkey
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作者：ERKSIN SAVAS GÜLEÇ ; AYLA SEVIM ; CESUR PEHLEVAN 等
期刊名称：Anthropological Science
印刷版ISSN：0918-7960
电子版ISSN：1348-8570
出版年度：2007
卷号：115
期号：2
页码：153-158
DOI：10.1537/ase.070501
语种：English
出版社：The Anthropological Society of Nippon
摘要：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.
关键词：primates;Hominoidea;late Miocene;Çorakyerler;Turkey