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Morotopithecus Moroto postcranial model

Separate scapular and femoral material from two Moroto localities constrains a mixed locomotor reconstruction older than an overlying 20.6 Ma basalt.

Represented range21–20.6 Ma
RegionsMoroto I and Moroto II, Karamoja District, Uganda
CladesMorotopithecus · Hominoidea · Catarrhini

Claim ledger

ecology · medium

MUZM 60 and MUZM 80 preserve separate early Miocene shoulder and femoral anatomies used to reconstruct a mixed arboreal locomotor repertoire; they are not one individual or direct crown-hominoid ancestor.

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References

  1. Postcranial functional morphology of Morotopithecus bishopi, with implications for the evolution of modern ape locomotionMacLatchy, L.; Gebo, D.; Kityo, R.; Pilbeam, D. · 2000 · DOI 10.1006/jhev.2000.0407
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