A new specimen and dental microwear in Oreopithecus bambolii

Author： Carnieri E   Mallegni F  

Publisher： Urban & Fischer

ISSN： 0018-442X

Source： Homo, Vol.54, Iss.1, 2003-08, pp. : 29-35

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Abstract

The authors describe a new specimen of Oreopithecus bambolii, a catarrhine primate from late Miocene sites of Tuscany and Sardinia (Italy). Microwears of 4 specimens of Oreopithecus bambolii have been analysed on standard surfaces of facet 9 to determine the diet. The microwear pattern confirms the hypothesis already put forward on the basis of its dental morphology that Oreopithecus bambolii had a leaf-based diet.

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