Three cervical vertebrae of a large primate have been identified in the revision of the faunal assemblage collected during the late ’70s from fissure fillings in the area known as Pirro Nord in southern Italy. By size the three vertebrae are comparable to the large fossil species Theropithecus oswaldi, however we prefer here to attribute the remains to Theropithecus sp. The Pirro Nord Theropithecus represents the second finding outside of Africa of this genus in association with Megantereon whitei, after the site of ‘Ubeidiya. The biochronology of Pirro Nord faunal assemblage demonstrates that the arrival into Europe of Theropithecus occurred earlier than thought: in the range of approx 1.6e1.3 Ma. The identification of an European ‘‘African assemblage’’ (Theropithecus associated with Megantereon whitei) has consequences for interpretation of an ‘‘out of Africa’’ (genus Homo) event around the Plio-Pleistocene transition.
Occurrence of Theropithecus sp. in the Late Villafranchian of Southern Italy and implication for Early Pleistocene “out of Africa” dispersals / L. ROOK; B. MARTINEZ-NAVARRO; FC. HOWELL. - In: JOURNAL OF HUMAN EVOLUTION. - ISSN 0047-2484. - STAMPA. - 47:(2004), pp. 267-277. [10.1016/j.jhevol.2004.08.001]
Occurrence of Theropithecus sp. in the Late Villafranchian of Southern Italy and implication for Early Pleistocene “out of Africa” dispersals
ROOK, LORENZO;
2004
Abstract
Three cervical vertebrae of a large primate have been identified in the revision of the faunal assemblage collected during the late ’70s from fissure fillings in the area known as Pirro Nord in southern Italy. By size the three vertebrae are comparable to the large fossil species Theropithecus oswaldi, however we prefer here to attribute the remains to Theropithecus sp. The Pirro Nord Theropithecus represents the second finding outside of Africa of this genus in association with Megantereon whitei, after the site of ‘Ubeidiya. The biochronology of Pirro Nord faunal assemblage demonstrates that the arrival into Europe of Theropithecus occurred earlier than thought: in the range of approx 1.6e1.3 Ma. The identification of an European ‘‘African assemblage’’ (Theropithecus associated with Megantereon whitei) has consequences for interpretation of an ‘‘out of Africa’’ (genus Homo) event around the Plio-Pleistocene transition.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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