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
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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.