Morotopithecus is a species of fossil ape discovered in Miocene-age deposits of Moroto, Uganda. The phylogenetic status of Morotopithecus bishopi is debated to the extent that it challenges established views on the connection between Miocene primates and extant hominids (i.e. great apes). Parsimonious phylogenetic analyses indicate Morotopithecus is more derived than Proconsul, Afropithecus, and Kenyapithecus, but less derived than Oreopithecus, Sivapithecus, and Dryopithecus. Under this arrangement, Morotopithecus would be a sister taxon to extant great apes while Hylobates (gibbons) seem to have branched off before this clade appeared. However, gibbons are believed to have branched off 18 million years ago while Morotopithecus is dated to more than 20.6 million years.
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| - Morotopithecus ist eine ausgestorbene Gattung der Primaten, die während des frühen Miozäns im Gebiet des heutigen Uganda, bei der Stadt , nahe der Grenze zu Kenia, vorkam. Den Fossilien, die dieser Gattung zugeordnet wurden, schrieben die Autoren der 1997 publizierten Erstbeschreibung zunächst ein Alter von mindestens 20,6 Millionen Jahren zu. Anhand von Leitfossilien, die zwischen 1997 und 2004 aus den gleichen Sedimentschichten geborgen wurden, ergab sich hingegen ein Alter von rund 17 Millionen Jahren. Die Gültigkeit der Benennung der Fundstücke und ihre Rekonstruktion sind umstritten, da ihnen eine große Ähnlichkeit mit Afropithecus zugeschrieben wurde. (de)
- Morotopithecus is a species of fossil ape discovered in Miocene-age deposits of Moroto, Uganda. The phylogenetic status of Morotopithecus bishopi is debated to the extent that it challenges established views on the connection between Miocene primates and extant hominids (i.e. great apes). Parsimonious phylogenetic analyses indicate Morotopithecus is more derived than Proconsul, Afropithecus, and Kenyapithecus, but less derived than Oreopithecus, Sivapithecus, and Dryopithecus. Under this arrangement, Morotopithecus would be a sister taxon to extant great apes while Hylobates (gibbons) seem to have branched off before this clade appeared. However, gibbons are believed to have branched off 18 million years ago while Morotopithecus is dated to more than 20.6 million years. (en)
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| - Morotopithecus ist eine ausgestorbene Gattung der Primaten, die während des frühen Miozäns im Gebiet des heutigen Uganda, bei der Stadt , nahe der Grenze zu Kenia, vorkam. Den Fossilien, die dieser Gattung zugeordnet wurden, schrieben die Autoren der 1997 publizierten Erstbeschreibung zunächst ein Alter von mindestens 20,6 Millionen Jahren zu. Anhand von Leitfossilien, die zwischen 1997 und 2004 aus den gleichen Sedimentschichten geborgen wurden, ergab sich hingegen ein Alter von rund 17 Millionen Jahren. Die Gültigkeit der Benennung der Fundstücke und ihre Rekonstruktion sind umstritten, da ihnen eine große Ähnlichkeit mit Afropithecus zugeschrieben wurde. (de)
- Morotopithecus is a species of fossil ape discovered in Miocene-age deposits of Moroto, Uganda. The phylogenetic status of Morotopithecus bishopi is debated to the extent that it challenges established views on the connection between Miocene primates and extant hominids (i.e. great apes). Parsimonious phylogenetic analyses indicate Morotopithecus is more derived than Proconsul, Afropithecus, and Kenyapithecus, but less derived than Oreopithecus, Sivapithecus, and Dryopithecus. Under this arrangement, Morotopithecus would be a sister taxon to extant great apes while Hylobates (gibbons) seem to have branched off before this clade appeared. However, gibbons are believed to have branched off 18 million years ago while Morotopithecus is dated to more than 20.6 million years. In a comparison of teeth characteristics of Morotopithecus to Afropithecus the results showed little difference, plus evidence gathered from cranial comparisons also indicate that the two genera may be the same, a conclusion of limited confidence due to the lack of evidence to produce a complete anatomy for both (Patel, Grossman 2005). Meanwhile, Pickford (2002) referred the vertebrae to Ugandapithecus, and considered Morotopithecus synonymous with Afropithecus. (en)
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