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MATERIAL EXAMINED. —
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).
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Cranium BPB 7 (
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This specimen is the anterior part of the calvaria (maximum length:
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A-C)comprised of two isolated pieces (
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). It is less distorted than BPB 1. The left anterior part (corresponding to the upper part of the left orbit) is the most affected by distortion. Many cracks are present mainly in the posterior part. In anterior view, the upper part of the orbits, the glabella and the interorbital pillar are preserved. The latter is well preserved and broad (
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), typical of colobine monkeys, especially
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,
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,
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;
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;
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Jablonski
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2008b
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;
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).This genus is common in South African Plio-Pleistocene sites. In superior view (
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), there is an important ophryonic groove as is usual in
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. There are a few bits of bone missing from the frontal but one of them, the biggest, presents an oval outline and probably corresponds to a predation mark.
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FIG. 20. —
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In superior view (
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), the ophryonic groove is deep and broad antero-posteriorly. Posterior to the ophryonic groove, the frontal has a rounded aspect. The temporal lines are well developed anteriorly with a strongly salient aspect as in BF 42A.Despite the damage,the postorbital constriction seems weak.
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[813,973,1905,1931]" pageId="21" pageNumber="182">Orbital region.</emphasis>
The superior orbital margins and parts of the lateral orbital margins are preserved and thick (thickness of the superior:
<quantity box="[909,994,1969,1996]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="7.9" pageId="21" pageNumber="182" unit="mm" value="7.9">7.9 mm</quantity>
at left and
<quantity box="[1110,1195,1969,1996]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="7.4" pageId="21" pageNumber="182" unit="mm" value="7.4">7.4 mm</quantity>
at right) (
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). The supraorbital torus is well developed and thick. The preserved part suggests that the orbits were large. The lower aspect of the interorbital pillar suggests that the nasal and maxilla sutures are not fused; this frontal bone probably belongs to a sub-adult. The interorbital pillar is large.The glabellar region is moderately inflated anteriorly but this part is abraded.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<paragraph blockId="22.[132,1455,1087,1126]" pageId="22" pageNumber="183">
FIG. 21. — Anterior part of calvaria of
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<emphasis box="[451,598,1087,1104]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="183">Cercopithecoides</emphasis>
cf.
<emphasis box="[631,700,1087,1104]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="183">williamsi</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation author="MOLLETT VAN DER SPUY O. D." box="[707,819,1087,1104]" firstAuthor="Mollett" journalOrPublisher="South African Journal of Science" pageId="22" pageNumber="183" pagination="295 - 303" part="43" publicationUrl="https://hdl.handle.net/10520/AJA00382353_6362" refId="ref20871" refString="MOLLETT VAN DER SPUY O. D. 1947. - Fossil mammals from the Makapan valley, Potgietersrust. I. Primates. South African Journal of Science 43: 295 - 303. https: // hdl. handle. net / 10520 / AJA 00382353 _ 6362" title="Fossil mammals from the Makapan valley, Potgietersrust. I. Primates" type="journal article" year="1947">Mollett, 1947</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, specimen BPB 7:
<emphasis bold="true" box="[981,994,1087,1104]" pageId="22" pageNumber="183">A</emphasis>
, superior view;
<emphasis bold="true" box="[1129,1142,1087,1104]" pageId="22" pageNumber="183">B</emphasis>
, inferior view;
<emphasis bold="true" box="[1266,1280,1087,1104]" pageId="22" pageNumber="183">C</emphasis>
, frontal view;
<emphasis bold="true" box="[1399,1413,1087,1104]" pageId="22" pageNumber="183">D</emphasis>
, two isolated fragments of the calvaria. Scale bar: 10 mm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<subSubSection pageId="22" pageNumber="183" type="discussion">
<paragraph blockId="22.[130,776,1395,2028]" lastBlockId="22.[811,1456,1204,1358]" pageId="22" pageNumber="183">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[132,230,1395,1421]" pageId="22" pageNumber="183">Remarks.</emphasis>
The morphology and the size of the specimen are comparable to the homologous frontal areas of different specimens of the very large colobine
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<emphasis box="[398,657,1459,1485]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="183">Cercopithecoides williamsi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
such as BF 42A (Pit 23, BFCS) or AD 1326-6/M 236 (
<typeStatus box="[580,626,1491,1517]" pageId="22" pageNumber="183">type</typeStatus>
specimen), M 2999/MP 113 and M 3055 (from Makapansgat Limeworks).In the absence of a complete muzzle and dentition (
<bibRefCitation author="FROST S. R. &amp; DELSON E." firstAuthor="Frost" journalOrPublisher="Journal of Human Evolution" pageId="22" pageNumber="183" pagination="687 - 748" part="43" refId="ref18485" refString="FROST S. R. &amp; DELSON E. 2002. - Fossil Cercopithecidae from the Hadar Formation and surrounding areas of the Afar Depression, Ethiopia. Journal of Human Evolution 43: 687 - 748. https: // doi. org / 10.1006 / jhev. 2002.0603" title="Fossil Cercopithecidae from the Hadar Formation and surrounding areas of the Afar Depression, Ethiopia" type="journal article" year="2002">Frost &amp; Delson 2002</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation author="JABLONSKI N. G. &amp; FROST S. R." box="[197,434,1586,1613]" editor="WEDERLIN L. &amp; SANDERS W. J." firstAuthor="Jablonski" journalOrPublisher="University of California Press, Berkeley and Los Angeles" pageId="22" pageNumber="183" pagination="393 - 428" refId="ref20243" refString="JABLONSKI N. G. &amp; FROST S. R. 2010. - Cercopithecoidea, in WEDERLIN L. &amp; SANDERS W. J. (eds), Cenozoic Mammals of Africa. University of California Press, Berkeley and Los Angeles: 393 - 428." title="Cercopithecoidea" type="book chapter" volumeTitle="Cenozoic Mammals of Africa" year="2010">Jablonski &amp; Frost 2010</bibRefCitation>
), we provisionally assign the fossil BPB 7 to
<taxonomicName authorityName="Mollett" authorityYear="1947" box="[239,395,1618,1645]" class="Mammalia" family="Cercopithecidae" genus="Cercopithecoides" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" isUncertain="true" kingdom="Animalia" order="Primates" pageId="22" pageNumber="183" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="williamsi">
<emphasis box="[239,264,1619,1645]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="183">C.</emphasis>
cf.
<emphasis box="[303,395,1618,1644]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="183">williamsi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. It differs from the older species,
<taxonomicName authority="Leakey et al., 2003" authorityName="Leakey" authorityYear="2003" class="Mammalia" family="Cercopithecidae" genus="Cercopithecoides" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Primates" pageId="22" pageNumber="183" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="kerioensis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="183">C. kerioensis</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation author="LEAKEY M. G. &amp; TEAFORD M. F. &amp; WARD C V." box="[232,430,1650,1677]" editor="LEAKEY M. G. &amp; HARRIS J. M." etAl="et al." firstAuthor="Leakey" journalOrPublisher="Columbia University Press, New York" pageId="22" pageNumber="183" pagination="201 - 249" refId="ref20552" refString="LEAKEY M. G., TEAFORD M. F. &amp; WARD C V. 2003. - Cercopithecidae from Lothagam, in LEAKEY M. G. &amp; HARRIS J. M. (eds), Lothagam. The Dawn of Humanity in Eastern Africa. Columbia University Press, New York: 201 - 249." title="Cercopithecidae from Lothagam" type="book chapter" volumeTitle="Lothagam. The Dawn of Humanity in Eastern Africa" year="2003">
Leakey
<emphasis box="[312,362,1650,1676]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="183">et al.</emphasis>
, 2003
</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
(
<bibRefCitation author="LEAKEY M. G. &amp; TEAFORD M. F. &amp; WARD C V." box="[445,635,1650,1676]" editor="LEAKEY M. G. &amp; HARRIS J. M." etAl="et al." firstAuthor="Leakey" journalOrPublisher="Columbia University Press, New York" pageId="22" pageNumber="183" pagination="201 - 249" refId="ref20552" refString="LEAKEY M. G., TEAFORD M. F. &amp; WARD C V. 2003. - Cercopithecidae from Lothagam, in LEAKEY M. G. &amp; HARRIS J. M. (eds), Lothagam. The Dawn of Humanity in Eastern Africa. Columbia University Press, New York: 201 - 249." title="Cercopithecidae from Lothagam" type="book chapter" volumeTitle="Lothagam. The Dawn of Humanity in Eastern Africa" year="2003">
Leakey
<emphasis box="[525,575,1650,1676]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="183">et al.</emphasis>
2003
</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation author="JABLONSKI N. G. &amp; FROST S. R." editor="WEDERLIN L. &amp; SANDERS W. J." firstAuthor="Jablonski" journalOrPublisher="University of California Press, Berkeley and Los Angeles" pageId="22" pageNumber="183" pagination="393 - 428" refId="ref20243" refString="JABLONSKI N. G. &amp; FROST S. R. 2010. - Cercopithecoidea, in WEDERLIN L. &amp; SANDERS W. J. (eds), Cenozoic Mammals of Africa. University of California Press, Berkeley and Los Angeles: 393 - 428." title="Cercopithecoidea" type="book chapter" volumeTitle="Cenozoic Mammals of Africa" year="2010">Jablonski &amp; Frost 2010</bibRefCitation>
) (
<emphasis box="[275,292,1683,1708]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="183">c.</emphasis>
5-4.2 Ma:
<collectingCountry box="[416,488,1682,1708]" name="Kenya" pageId="22" pageNumber="183">Kenya</collectingCountry>
), by its greater dimensions and thicker supraorbital torus despite the fact that this last feature seems variable in
<taxonomicName authorityName="Mollett" authorityYear="1947" box="[369,531,1746,1772]" class="Mammalia" family="Cercopithecidae" genus="Cercopithecoides" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Primates" pageId="22" pageNumber="183" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis box="[369,531,1746,1772]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="183">Cercopithecoides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<bibRefCitation author="ANDERSON M. &amp; FROST S. R. &amp; GILBERT C. C. &amp; DELSON E." box="[546,767,1746,1772]" etAl="et al." firstAuthor="Anderson" journalOrPublisher="American Journal of Physical Anthropology S" pageId="22" pageNumber="183" pagination="68" part="56" refId="ref17410" refString="ANDERSON M., FROST S. R., GILBERT C. C. &amp; DELSON E. 2013. - Morphological diversity and species recognition in South African Cercopithecoides williamsi. American Journal of Physical Anthropology S 56: 68." title="Morphological diversity and species recognition in South African Cercopithecoides williamsi" type="journal article" year="2013">
Anderson
<emphasis box="[655,706,1746,1772]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="183">et al.</emphasis>
2013
</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation author="FROST S. R. &amp; JABLONSKI N. G. &amp; HAILE- SALASSIE Y." box="[132,296,1778,1804]" etAl="et al." firstAuthor="Frost" journalOrPublisher="Journal of Human Evolution" pageId="22" pageNumber="183" pagination="39 - 53" part="76" refId="ref18535" refString="FROST S. R., JABLONSKI N. G. &amp; HAILE- SALASSIE Y. 2014. - Early Pliocene Cercopithecidae from Woranso-Mille (Central Afar, Ethiopia) and the origins of the Theropithecus oswaldi lineage. Journal of Human Evolution 76: 39 - 53. http: // doi. org / 10.1016 / j. jhevol. 2014.05.003." title="Early Pliocene Cercopithecidae from Woranso-Mille (Central Afar, Ethiopia) and the origins of the Theropithecus oswaldi lineage" type="journal article" year="2014">
Frost
<emphasis box="[190,238,1778,1804]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="183">et al.</emphasis>
2014
</bibRefCitation>
). Some colobine remains from Woranso-Mille (
<collectingCountry box="[138,231,1810,1836]" name="Ethiopia" pageId="22" pageNumber="183">Ethiopia</collectingCountry>
) dated between 3.8 and 3.6 Ma were attributed to
<taxonomicName authorityName="Mollett" authorityYear="1947" box="[134,296,1841,1867]" class="Mammalia" family="Cercopithecidae" genus="Cercopithecoides" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Primates" pageId="22" pageNumber="183" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis box="[134,296,1841,1867]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="183">Cercopithecoides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
cf.
<emphasis box="[331,415,1842,1867]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="183">meaveae</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation author="FROST S. R. &amp; DELSON E." box="[421,652,1841,1868]" firstAuthor="Frost" journalOrPublisher="Journal of Human Evolution" pageId="22" pageNumber="183" pagination="687 - 748" part="43" refId="ref18485" refString="FROST S. R. &amp; DELSON E. 2002. - Fossil Cercopithecidae from the Hadar Formation and surrounding areas of the Afar Depression, Ethiopia. Journal of Human Evolution 43: 687 - 748. https: // doi. org / 10.1006 / jhev. 2002.0603" title="Fossil Cercopithecidae from the Hadar Formation and surrounding areas of the Afar Depression, Ethiopia" type="journal article" year="2002">Frost &amp; Delson, 2002</bibRefCitation>
(
<bibRefCitation author="FROST S. R. &amp; JABLONSKI N. G. &amp; HAILE- SALASSIE Y." etAl="et al." firstAuthor="Frost" journalOrPublisher="Journal of Human Evolution" pageId="22" pageNumber="183" pagination="39 - 53" part="76" refId="ref18535" refString="FROST S. R., JABLONSKI N. G. &amp; HAILE- SALASSIE Y. 2014. - Early Pliocene Cercopithecidae from Woranso-Mille (Central Afar, Ethiopia) and the origins of the Theropithecus oswaldi lineage. Journal of Human Evolution 76: 39 - 53. http: // doi. org / 10.1016 / j. jhevol. 2014.05.003." title="Early Pliocene Cercopithecidae from Woranso-Mille (Central Afar, Ethiopia) and the origins of the Theropithecus oswaldi lineage" type="journal article" year="2014">
Frost
<emphasis box="[726,776,1841,1867]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="183">et al.</emphasis>
2014
</bibRefCitation>
). This species was known previously only at Leadu and Hadar (
<collectingCountry box="[217,311,1905,1931]" name="Ethiopia" pageId="22" pageNumber="183">Ethiopia</collectingCountry>
) between 3.4 to 3.28 Ma (
<bibRefCitation author="FROST S. R. &amp; DELSON E." firstAuthor="Frost" journalOrPublisher="Journal of Human Evolution" pageId="22" pageNumber="183" pagination="687 - 748" part="43" refId="ref18485" refString="FROST S. R. &amp; DELSON E. 2002. - Fossil Cercopithecidae from the Hadar Formation and surrounding areas of the Afar Depression, Ethiopia. Journal of Human Evolution 43: 687 - 748. https: // doi. org / 10.1006 / jhev. 2002.0603" title="Fossil Cercopithecidae from the Hadar Formation and surrounding areas of the Afar Depression, Ethiopia" type="journal article" year="2002">Frost &amp; Delson 2002</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation author="JABLONSKI N. G. &amp; FROST S. R." box="[202,452,1937,1964]" editor="WEDERLIN L. &amp; SANDERS W. J." firstAuthor="Jablonski" journalOrPublisher="University of California Press, Berkeley and Los Angeles" pageId="22" pageNumber="183" pagination="393 - 428" refId="ref20243" refString="JABLONSKI N. G. &amp; FROST S. R. 2010. - Cercopithecoidea, in WEDERLIN L. &amp; SANDERS W. J. (eds), Cenozoic Mammals of Africa. University of California Press, Berkeley and Los Angeles: 393 - 428." title="Cercopithecoidea" type="book chapter" volumeTitle="Cenozoic Mammals of Africa" year="2010">Jablonski &amp; Frost 2010</bibRefCitation>
). The remains from WoransoMille are larger than the youngest remains from Leadu and Hadar but are still smaller than those of
<taxonomicName authorityName="Mollet" authorityYear="1947" box="[558,674,2001,2027]" class="Mammalia" family="Cercopithecidae" genus="Cercopithecoides" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Primates" pageId="22" pageNumber="183" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="willamsi">
<emphasis box="[558,674,2001,2027]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="183">C. willamsi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Another large colobine, similar in size to the genus
<taxonomicName authority="Leakey, 1969" authorityName="Leakey" authorityYear="1969" class="Mammalia" family="Cercopithecidae" genus="Paracolobus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Primates" pageId="22" pageNumber="183" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis box="[1255,1372,1204,1230]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="183">Paracolobus</emphasis>
Leakey, 1969
</taxonomicName>
, is presumed to occur at Makapansgat (
<bibRefCitation author="JABLONSKI N. G. &amp; FROST S. R." editor="WEDERLIN L. &amp; SANDERS W. J." firstAuthor="Jablonski" journalOrPublisher="University of California Press, Berkeley and Los Angeles" pageId="22" pageNumber="183" pagination="393 - 428" refId="ref20243" refString="JABLONSKI N. G. &amp; FROST S. R. 2010. - Cercopithecoidea, in WEDERLIN L. &amp; SANDERS W. J. (eds), Cenozoic Mammals of Africa. University of California Press, Berkeley and Los Angeles: 393 - 428." title="Cercopithecoidea" type="book chapter" volumeTitle="Cenozoic Mammals of Africa" year="2010">Jablonski &amp; Frost 2010</bibRefCitation>
) but it is represented by isolated teeth.
<taxonomicName authorityName="Leakey" authorityYear="1969" box="[1267,1384,1267,1293]" class="Mammalia" family="Cercopithecidae" genus="Paracolobus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Primates" pageId="22" pageNumber="183" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis box="[1267,1384,1267,1293]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="183">Paracolobus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
differs from
<taxonomicName authorityName="Mollett" authorityYear="1947" box="[869,1031,1299,1325]" class="Mammalia" family="Cercopithecidae" genus="Cercopithecoides" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Primates" pageId="22" pageNumber="183" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis box="[869,1031,1299,1325]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="183">Cercopithecoides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by a marked postorbital constriction, not present on BPB 7.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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