A window into the early evolutionary history of Cercopithecidae: Late Miocene evidence from Chad, Central Africa.
Adaptive radiation
Cercopithecoides
Colobinae
Ecomorphology
Stem colobini
Journal
Journal of human evolution
ISSN: 1095-8606
Titre abrégé: J Hum Evol
Pays: England
ID NLM: 0337330
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
07 2019
07 2019
Historique:
received:
25
04
2018
revised:
11
03
2019
accepted:
13
03
2019
entrez:
18
6
2019
pubmed:
18
6
2019
medline:
23
5
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Central Africa is known as a major center of diversification for extant Old World Monkeys (OWM) and yet has a poorly documented fossil record of monkeys. Here we report a new colobine monkey (Cercopithecoides bruneti sp. nov.) from the Central African hominin-bearing fossiliferous area of Toros-Menalla, Chad at ca. 7 Ma. In addition to filling a gap in the spatial and temporal record of early OWM evolutionary history, we assess the ecomorphological diversity of early OWM by providing evidence on the onset of a folivorous diet and a partial reacquisition of terrestrial locomotor habits among Miocene colobines. We also support the phylogenetic affinities of the genus Cercopithecoides among the stem group of the extant African colobine monkeys.
Identifiants
pubmed: 31203852
pii: S0047-2484(18)30135-0
doi: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2019.03.013
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
61-79Informations de copyright
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