中新世类人猿的腭面部形态。

Miocene hominoid palatofacial morphology.

作者信息

McHenry H M, Andrews P, Corruccini R S

出版信息

Folia Primatol (Basel). 1980;33(4):241-52. doi: 10.1159/000155939.

Abstract

The palatofacial morphology of Proconsul africanus, P. nyanzae, P. major and Sivapithecus meteai is compared to extant catarrhines. The early Miocene hominoids (Proconsul) are unlike modern great apes, but retain a primitive catarrhine pattern more similar to some extant cercopthecoids. By middle Miocene times the typical hominoid palatofacial morphology can be recognized in at least one species (S. meteai) and this corresponds to the evolution of the postcranium in which the hominoid pattern is also only recognizable by the middle Miocene.

摘要

将非洲原康修尔猿、尼亚萨原康修尔猿、大型原康修尔猿和梅泰西瓦古猿的腭面形态与现存的狭鼻猿类进行了比较。早中新世的类人猿（原康修尔猿）与现代大猩猩不同，但保留了一种更类似于某些现存猕猴类的原始狭鼻猿模式。到了中新世中期，至少在一个物种（梅泰西瓦古猿）中可以识别出典型的类人猿腭面形态，这与颅后骨骼的进化相对应，在颅后骨骼中，类人猿模式同样直到中新世中期才能够被识别出来。