Theropithecus oswaldi
| Theropithecus oswaldi Temporal range: Pleistocene | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Family: | Cercopithecidae |
| Genus: | Theropithecus |
| Species: | T. oswaldi |
| Binomial name | |
| Theropithecus oswaldi (Andrews, 1916) | |
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Theropithecus oswaldi is an extinct species of gelada from the early to middle Pleistocene of Kenya, Ethiopia, Tanzania, South Africa, Spain, Morocco and Algeria.[1] It appears to have been a specialised grazer.[2] The species went extinct in South Africa around 1.0 Ma.[3]
References
- ↑ "The Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 11 August 2013.
- ↑ Van der Merwe, et al., 2003. The carbon isotope ecology and diet of Australopithecus africanus at Sterkfontein, South Africa. Journal of Human Evolution 44: 581-597.
- ↑ Faith, J.T., 2014. Late Pleistocene and Holocene mammal extinctions on continental Africa. Earth Science Reviews 128: 105-121
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