Mesopithecus, Wagner, 1839

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

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5252/g2009n4a817

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scientific name

Mesopithecus
status

 

Mesopithecus aff. M. pentelicus

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — See Bonis et al. (1990).

LOCALITIES. — Dytiko-2, 3 ( DIT, DKO), Axios Valley, Macedonia, Greece.

AGE. — Late Turolian, MN 13 (late Miocene).

CHARACTERISTICS. — Relatively smaller orbits with stronger supraorbital torus than M. pentelicus ; longer sagittal crest than M. pentelicus ; smaller incisors; less reflected backwardly epicondylus medialis in the humerus; oval section of the radius shaft; radius with smaller facet for the ulna.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Primates

Family

Cercopithecidae

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