Folivory or fruit/seed predation for Mesopithecus, an earliest colobine from the late Miocene of Eurasia?
Gildas Merceron
(1)
,
Jessica Scott
(2)
,
Robert S. Scott
(3)
,
Denis Geraads
(4)
,
Nikolaï Spassov
(5)
,
Peter S. Ungar
(6)
1
PEPS -
PaleoEnvironnements et PaleobioSphere
2 Environmental Dynamics Doctoral Program
3 CHES - Department of Anthropology and Center for Human Evolutionary Studies
4 DEHIPE - Dynamique de l'évolution humaine : individus, populations, espèces [Paris]
5 National Museum of Natural History
6 Department of Anthropology [University of Arkansas]
2 Environmental Dynamics Doctoral Program
3 CHES - Department of Anthropology and Center for Human Evolutionary Studies
4 DEHIPE - Dynamique de l'évolution humaine : individus, populations, espèces [Paris]
5 National Museum of Natural History
6 Department of Anthropology [University of Arkansas]
Gildas Merceron
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Résumé
Here we compare dental microwear textures from specimens of the fossil genus Mesopithecus (Cercopithecidae, Colobinae) from the late Miocene of Eastern Europe with dental microwear textures from four extant primate species with known dietary differences. Results indicate that the dental microwear textures of Mesopithecus differ from those of extant leaf eaters Alouatta palliata and Trachypithecus cristatus and instead resemble more closely those of the occasional hard-object feeders Cebus apella and Lophocebus albigena. Microwear texture data presented here in combination with results from previous analyses suggest that Mesopithecus was a widespread, opportunistic feeder that often consumed hard seeds. These data are consistent with the hypothesis that early colobines may have preferred hard seeds to leaves.
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Folivory or fruit/seed predation for Mesopithecus, an earliest colobine from the late Miocene of Eurasia?
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Résumé |
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Here we compare dental microwear textures from specimens of the fossil genus Mesopithecus (Cercopithecidae, Colobinae) from the late Miocene of Eastern Europe with dental microwear textures from four extant primate species with known dietary differences. Results indicate that the dental microwear textures of Mesopithecus differ from those of extant leaf eaters Alouatta palliata and Trachypithecus cristatus and instead resemble more closely those of the occasional hard-object feeders Cebus apella and Lophocebus albigena. Microwear texture data presented here in combination with results from previous analyses suggest that Mesopithecus was a widespread, opportunistic feeder that often consumed hard seeds. These data are consistent with the hypothesis that early colobines may have preferred hard seeds to leaves.
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Auteur(s) |
Gildas Merceron
1
, Jessica Scott
2
, Robert S. Scott
3
, Denis Geraads
4
, Nikolaï Spassov
5
, Peter S. Ungar
6
1
PEPS -
PaleoEnvironnements et PaleobioSphere
( 172603 )
- Campus de la Doua, Bâtiment GEODE 2 rue Raphaël Dubois 69622 Villeurbanne cedex
- France
2
Environmental Dynamics Doctoral Program
( 105024 )
- University of Arkansas, 113 Ozark Hall, Fayetteville, AR 72701, USA
- États-Unis
3
CHES -
Department of Anthropology and Center for Human Evolutionary Studies
( 105025 )
- Rutgers University, Biological Sciences Building, 131 George Street, RAB 306, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
- États-Unis
4
DEHIPE -
Dynamique de l'évolution humaine : individus, populations, espèces [Paris]
( 432 )
- 44 rue de l'Amiral Mouchez 75014 PARIS
- France
5
National Museum of Natural History
( 12640 )
- Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Tsar Osvoboditel 1, 1000 Sofia
- Bulgarie
6
Department of Anthropology [University of Arkansas]
( 83089 )
- Old Main 330 Fayetteville, AR 72701
- États-Unis
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Comité de lecture |
Oui
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Vulgarisation |
Non
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Langue du document |
Anglais
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Nom de la revue |
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Audience |
Internationale
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Date de publication |
2009
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Volume |
57
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Page/Identifiant |
732-738
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Mots-clés |
en
Diet, Microwear, Teeth, Neogene, Cercopithecidae
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