Know Your Primate: Anoiapithecus brevirostris

Order: Primates Suborder: Haplorrhini Family: Hominidae Subfamily: incertae sedis Tribe: Dryopithecini Genus: Anoiapithecus Species: Anoiapithecus brevirostris I have chosen Anoiapithecus brevirostris for this week’s “know Your Primate” because a paper on it has recently been published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B. The paper, by Alba, Fortuny, and Moya-Sola, looks at enamel thickness [...]

Anoiapithecus brevirostris: An Interesting Miocene Ape

I have mentioned this find in several posts in a “hey look at this” kind of way, but wanted to go into the subject in a little more detail. The fossil was discovered in Catalonia, Spain, and dates to ~11.9 MYA. The fossil is described in PNAS – subscription required and is accompanied by open [...]

Anoiapithecus brevirostris

I’m still in the process of reading the paper and hope to have a more detailed post up later. In the meantime here are some pictures for your edification.

New Hominoid Discovered: Anoiapithecus brevirostris

PhysOrg.Com is reporting on the discovery of a new, and important, hominoid. The new hominoid has been named Anoiapithecus brevirostris: The new genus and species, Anoiapithecus brevirostris, has been described on the basis of a partial cranium that preserves most of the face and the associated mandible. This cranium was recovered during the works of [...]