Mesopithecus pentelicus from the Turolian locality of Kryopigi (Kassandra, Chalkidiki, Greece)

TY - JOUR

T1 - Mesopithecus pentelicus from the Turolian locality of Kryopigi (Kassandra, Chalkidiki, Greece)

AU - Rae, Todd C.

AU - Lazaridis, Georgios

AU - Tsoukala, Evangelia

AU - Gómez-Olivencia, Asier

AU - Nagel, Doris

AU - Bartsiokas, Antonis

PY - 2018/8

Y1 - 2018/8

N2 - New material of the Mio-Pliocene colobine Mesopithecus from the Turolian locality of Kryopigi (Greece) is described here. It includes a complete skull with the atlas attached and other dental and postcranial elements representing at least five individuals (four males and one female). The material is compared with M. delsoni, M. pentelicus, M. monspessulanus and intermediate forms from more than a dozen Turolian localities of the Greco-Iranian province. These comparisons support the attribution of the Kryopigi material to M. pentelicus.The chronostratigraphic distribution of Mesopithecus species and intermediate forms suggests that the Kryopigi fauna could be dated as younger than the Perivolaki locality with M. delsoni/pentelicus (7.1-7.3 Ma, MN12) and older than the Dytiko localities with M. aff. pentelicus, M. cf. pentelicus and M. cf. monspessulanus (?middle MN13). The dimensions of the atlas are within the distribution of extant colobines. The skull shows bite-marks, probablycaused by the hyaena Adcrocuta eximia.© 2018, Elsevier. The attached document (embargoed until 10/05/2019) is an author produced version of a paper published in JOURNAL OF HUMAN EVOLUTION uploaded in accordance with the publisher’s self- archiving policy. The final published version (version of record) is available online at the link below. Some minor differences between this version and the final published version may remain. We suggest you refer to the final published version should you wish to cite from it.

AB - New material of the Mio-Pliocene colobine Mesopithecus from the Turolian locality of Kryopigi (Greece) is described here. It includes a complete skull with the atlas attached and other dental and postcranial elements representing at least five individuals (four males and one female). The material is compared with M. delsoni, M. pentelicus, M. monspessulanus and intermediate forms from more than a dozen Turolian localities of the Greco-Iranian province. These comparisons support the attribution of the Kryopigi material to M. pentelicus.The chronostratigraphic distribution of Mesopithecus species and intermediate forms suggests that the Kryopigi fauna could be dated as younger than the Perivolaki locality with M. delsoni/pentelicus (7.1-7.3 Ma, MN12) and older than the Dytiko localities with M. aff. pentelicus, M. cf. pentelicus and M. cf. monspessulanus (?middle MN13). The dimensions of the atlas are within the distribution of extant colobines. The skull shows bite-marks, probablycaused by the hyaena Adcrocuta eximia.© 2018, Elsevier. The attached document (embargoed until 10/05/2019) is an author produced version of a paper published in JOURNAL OF HUMAN EVOLUTION uploaded in accordance with the publisher’s self- archiving policy. The final published version (version of record) is available online at the link below. Some minor differences between this version and the final published version may remain. We suggest you refer to the final published version should you wish to cite from it.

KW - Primates; Cercopithecidae; Mesopithecus pentelicus; Late Miocene; Turolian; Kryopigi

U2 - 10.1016/j.jhevol.2018.04.003

DO - 10.1016/j.jhevol.2018.04.003

M3 - Article

SN - 0047-2484

VL - 121

JO - JOURNAL OF HUMAN EVOLUTION

JF - JOURNAL OF HUMAN EVOLUTION

ER -