Mesopithecus delsoni Bonis, Bouvrain, Geraads & Koufos, 1990
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https://doi.org/ 10.5252/g2009n4a817 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5466107 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/432F8781-3278-FF98-FEFF-FC14E739FA35 |
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Marcus |
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Mesopithecus delsoni Bonis, Bouvrain, Geraads & Koufos, 1990 |
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Mesopithecus delsoni Bonis, Bouvrain, Geraads & Koufos, 1990
HOLOTYPE. — Mandible of male adult individual with both tooth rows, RZO-159. It is housed in the Laboratory of Geology and Palaeontology, University of Thessaloniki.
LOCALITY. — Ravin des Zouaves-5 ( RZO), Axios Valley, Macedonia, Greece.
AGE. — Early Turolian, MN 11 (late Miocene); estimated magnetostratigraphic age ~8.2 Ma.
DIAGNOSIS. — Large size; deep mandibular corpus; flattened anterior symphysis; strong symphyseal constriction; slightly inclined alveolar plane; large fossa genioglossa; thick inferior transverse torus; large honing facet in the p3; well-developed and bicuspid talonid in the m3.
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