UMR CNRS 5125 PEPS Paléoenvironnements & Paléobiosphère - University Lyon-1, Campus la Doua, GEODE - 2, rue Raphaël Dubois, 69622 Villeurbanne, France.
J Hum Evol. 2009 Dec;57(6):732-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2009.06.009. Epub 2009 Sep 5.
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.
在这里，我们比较了来自东欧晚中新世化石属中 Mesopithecus（长尾猴科，疣猴亚科）的标本的牙齿微观纹理与具有已知饮食差异的四种现生灵长类动物的牙齿微观纹理。结果表明，Mesopithecus 的牙齿微观纹理与现生食叶动物 Alouatta palliata 和 Trachypithecus cristatus 的纹理不同，而更类似于偶尔食用硬物体的 Cebus apella 和 Lophocebus albigena 的纹理。本文提出的微观纹理数据结合以前的分析结果表明，Mesopithecus 是一种广泛存在的、机会主义的食者，经常食用硬种子。这些数据与早期疣猴可能更喜欢硬种子而不是叶子的假设一致。
