Micropithecus clarki, a small ape from the Miocene of Uganda
- 1 November 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in American Journal of Physical Anthropology
- Vol. 49 (4) , 427-440
- https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.1330490402
Abstract
Micropithecus clarki, from Miocene sediments of Napak, Uganda, is the smallest known hominoid primate, living or fossil. In facial morphology it is very similar to extant gibbons. Dentally, it is most similar to the small apes from the Miocene of Kenya, Dendropithecus and Limnopithecus. All of the apes from the early Miocene of East Africa seem to represent a single phyletic group that could be easily derived from the Oligocene apes known from the Fayum of Egypt. Pliopithecus from the Miocene of Europe is more closely allied with the Oligocene radiation than with the later East African radiation.Keywords
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