Micropithecus clarki, a small ape from the Miocene of Uganda.

Full Abstract

Micropithecus clarki, from Miocene sediments of Napak, Uganda, is the smallest known hominoid primate, living or fossil. In facial morphology it is very similar to extant gibbons. Dentally, it is most similar to the small apes from the Miocene of Kenya, Dendropithecus and Limnopithecus. All of the apes from the early Miocene of East Africa seem to represent a single phyletic group that could be easily derived from the Oligocene apes known from the Fayum of Egypt. Pliopithecus from the Miocene of Europe is more closely allied with the Oligocene radiation than with the later East African radiation.

Author information

Author/s: Fleagle, J G (JG); Simons, E L (EL);

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Historical Article; Journal Article; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

Journal: American journal of physical anthropology (Am J Phys Anthropol), published in UNITED STATES. (Language: eng)

Reference: 1978-Nov; vol 49 (issue 4) : pp 427-40

Dates: Created 1979/03/13; Completed 1979/03/13; Revised 2006/11/15;

PMID: 367175, status: MEDLINE (last retrieved date: 2/18/2009)

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