Mesopithecus delsoni, Bonis, Bouvrain, Geraads & Koufos, 1990

Koufos, George D., 2009, The Neogene cercopithecids (Mammalia, Primates) of Greece, Geodiversitas 31 (4), pp. 817-850 : 839

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Mesopithecus delsoni / pentelicus

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Th e studied material includes that referred in Bonis et al. (1997), Koufos et al. (2004) and Koufos (2006a).

LOCALITIES. — Vathylakkos-2, 3 ( VTK, VAT), Axios Valley , Macedonia, Greece ; Perivolaki ( PER), Thessaly, Central Greece .

AGE. — Middle Turolian, MN 12 (late Miocene). More precisely the Vathylakkos localities are dated to the lower middle Turolian with an estimated age of ~7.3 Ma, while Perivolaki is younger and its magnetostratigraphic study suggests an age between 7.3-7.1 Ma.

CHARACTERISTICS. — Size intermediate between M. delsoni and M. pentelicus ; relatively shallow mandibular corpus, similar to M.pentelicus ; high internal cusp (protocone) in the P3,4; flattened anterior symphysis with symphyseal constriction; slightly inclined backwards alveolar plane; large fossa genioglossa;strong honing facet in the p3; large hypoconulid with distal groove in the m3; similar dental dimensions to M. pentelicus ; longer bones than M. pentelicus .