Rangwapithecus

Rangwapithecus
	Rango temporal: 20 Ma - 19 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ Mioceno
	; Mandíbula de Rangwapithecus gordoni
Taxonomía
Reino:	Animalia
Filo:	Chordata
Clase:	Mammalia
Orden:	Primates
Superfamilia:	Proconsuloidea
Familia:	Proconsulidae †
Subfamilia:	Nyanzapithecinae †
Género:	Rangwapithecus †; Andrews, 1974
Especies
	Rangwapithecus gordoni;
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Rangwapithecus es un género extinto de primate catarrino perteneciente a la familia Proconsulidae que existió durante el Mioceno entre hace 20 y 19 millones de años.^[1]^[2]

Descripción

Con un peso aproximado de 15 kg; el tamaño de los dientes y la forma indican que este catarrino era un folívoro.^[3] Viviò a inicios del Mioceno,^[4] se cree que tenía hábitos arbóreos que le permitiò adaptarse a los hábitats selváticos como los de la Isla Mfangano;^[5] sin embargo, previamente vivió en hábitats en zonas transición entre bosques y zonas arbustivas.^[6]

Taxonomía

Eran simpátricos con Proconsul, ambos géneros se clasifican dentro de la familia Proconsulidae,^[7] e incluso se clasificaron como Proconsul gordoni y Proconsul vancouveringi.^[8] Es similar a otras especies que se encuentran en África.^[9] Rangwapithecus gordoni y P. africanus eran de tamaño similar, aunque diferían morfológicamente y se restringían a las regiones de Koru y Songhur en Kenia.^[10] El género previamente se había reclasificado,^[11]^[12] ubicándolo como antepasado de los orangutanes, en lugar de seguir un curso evolutivo similar a los homínidos,^[13]^[14]^[15] considerándose para entonces sinónimo de Sivapithecus.^[16]

Referencias

↑ Harrison, T. (2002). «Late Oligocene to middle Miocene catarrhines from Afro-Arabia». En Hartwig, W. C., ed. The Primate Fossil Record (en inglés). Cambridge University Press. pp. 320-323. ISBN 0521663156.
↑ Begun, David R. (1988). «Catarrhine phalanges from the Late Miocene (Vallesian) of Rudabánya, Hungary». Journal of Human Evolution 17 (4): 413. doi:10.1016/0047-2484(88)90030-9.
↑ J. G. Fleagle Primate adaptation and evolution (596 pages) Academic Press, 1999 ISBN 0-12-260341-9 (Google eBook) [Retrieved 2011-12-29]
↑ Charles Lyell Principles of geology: being an attempt to explain the former changes of the earth's surface by reference to causes now in operation, Volume 3 J. Murray, 1833 (University of Lausanne) (Google eBook) [Retrieved 2011-12-29]
↑ Andrews, Peter; Kelley, Jay (2007). «Middle Miocene Dispersals of Apes». Folia Primatologica 78 (5–6): 328-43. PMID 17855786. doi:10.1159/000105148.
↑ Andrews, P.; Evans, E. N. (1979). «The Environment of Ramapithecus in Africa». Paleobiology 5 (1): 22-30. JSTOR 2400387.
↑ D. W. Cameron, University of Sydney and Australian National University - books.google Hominid adaptations and extinctions (260 pages) UNSW Press, 2004 ISBN 0-86840-716-X & PaleoAnthropology 2007: 16−20. Copyright © 2007 Paleoanthropology Society. All rights reserved [Retrieved 2011-12-29]
↑ R. Tuttle Apes of the world: their social behavior, communication, mentality, and ecology(421 pages) William Andrew, 1986 books.google[Retrieved 2011-12-29]
↑ Leakey, R.E.; Leakey, M.G. (1987). «A new Miocene small-bodied ape from Kenya». Journal of Human Evolution 16 (4): 369. doi:10.1016/0047-2484(87)90067-4.
↑ Henry Gee - Shaking the tree: readings from Nature in the history of life (411 pages) University of Chicago Press, 1 May 2000 - (books.google) ISBN 0-226-28497-2 [Retrieved 2011-12-29]
↑ Hidemi Ishida Human origins and environmental backgrounds (281 pages) Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects Birkhäuser, 2006 (books.google) ISBN 0-387-29638-7
↑ Greenfield, Leonard Owen (1979). «On the adaptive pattern of "Ramapithecus"». American Journal of Physical Anthropology 50 (4): 527-48. PMID 111557. doi:10.1002/ajpa.1330500406.
↑ Discovery Channel - curiosity. Archivado el 30 de junio de 2012 en Wayback Machine.[Retrieved 2011-12-29]
↑ Andrews, P; Cronin, JE (1982). «The relationships of Sivapithecus and Ramapithecus and the evolution of the orang-utan». Nature 297 (5867): 541-6. PMID 7045678.
↑ Schwartz, JH (1984). «The evolutionary relationships of man and orang-utans». Nature 308 (5959): 501-5. PMID 6424028.
↑ Russell L. Ciochon, John G. Fleagle Primate evolution and human origins (396 pages) Transaction Publishers, 1987 Evolutionary Foundations of Human Behavior Series (books.google) ISBN 0-202-01175-5 [Retrieved 2011-12-29]

Enlaces externos

Wolpoff, M. H.; De Bonis, L.; Fleagle, J. G.; Frayer, D. W.; Greenfield, L. O.; Jacobs, K. H.; Protsch, R.; Philip Rightmire, G. et al. (1982). «Ramapithecus and Hominid Origins [and Comments and Reply]». Current Anthropology 23 (5): 501-522. JSTOR 2742391.

Datos: Q5237068
Multimedia: Rangwapithecus / Q5237068

[Hartwig-1] Harrison, T. (2002). «Late Oligocene to middle Miocene catarrhines from Afro-Arabia». En Hartwig, W. C., ed. The Primate Fossil Record (en inglés). Cambridge University Press. pp. 320-323. ISBN 0521663156.

[2] Begun, David R. (1988). «Catarrhine phalanges from the Late Miocene (Vallesian) of Rudabánya, Hungary». Journal of Human Evolution 17 (4): 413. doi:10.1016/0047-2484(88)90030-9.

[3] J. G. Fleagle Primate adaptation and evolution (596 pages) Academic Press, 1999 ISBN 0-12-260341-9 (Google eBook) [Retrieved 2011-12-29]

[4] Charles Lyell Principles of geology: being an attempt to explain the former changes of the earth's surface by reference to causes now in operation, Volume 3 J. Murray, 1833 (University of Lausanne) (Google eBook) [Retrieved 2011-12-29]

[5] Andrews, Peter; Kelley, Jay (2007). «Middle Miocene Dispersals of Apes». Folia Primatologica 78 (5–6): 328-43. PMID 17855786. doi:10.1159/000105148.

[6] Andrews, P.; Evans, E. N. (1979). «The Environment of Ramapithecus in Africa». Paleobiology 5 (1): 22-30. JSTOR 2400387.

[7] D. W. Cameron, University of Sydney and Australian National University - books.google Hominid adaptations and extinctions (260 pages) UNSW Press, 2004 ISBN 0-86840-716-X & PaleoAnthropology 2007: 16−20. Copyright © 2007 Paleoanthropology Society. All rights reserved [Retrieved 2011-12-29]

[8] R. Tuttle Apes of the world: their social behavior, communication, mentality, and ecology(421 pages) William Andrew, 1986 books.google[Retrieved 2011-12-29]

[9] Leakey, R.E.; Leakey, M.G. (1987). «A new Miocene small-bodied ape from Kenya». Journal of Human Evolution 16 (4): 369. doi:10.1016/0047-2484(87)90067-4.

[10] Henry Gee - Shaking the tree: readings from Nature in the history of life (411 pages) University of Chicago Press, 1 May 2000 - (books.google) ISBN 0-226-28497-2 [Retrieved 2011-12-29]

[11] Hidemi Ishida Human origins and environmental backgrounds (281 pages) Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects Birkhäuser, 2006 (books.google) ISBN 0-387-29638-7

[12] Greenfield, Leonard Owen (1979). «On the adaptive pattern of "Ramapithecus"». American Journal of Physical Anthropology 50 (4): 527-48. PMID 111557. doi:10.1002/ajpa.1330500406.

[13] Discovery Channel - curiosity. Archivado el 30 de junio de 2012 en Wayback Machine.[Retrieved 2011-12-29]

[14] Andrews, P; Cronin, JE (1982). «The relationships of Sivapithecus and Ramapithecus and the evolution of the orang-utan». Nature 297 (5867): 541-6. PMID 7045678.

[15] Schwartz, JH (1984). «The evolutionary relationships of man and orang-utans». Nature 308 (5959): 501-5. PMID 6424028.

[16] Russell L. Ciochon, John G. Fleagle Primate evolution and human origins (396 pages) Transaction Publishers, 1987 Evolutionary Foundations of Human Behavior Series (books.google) ISBN 0-202-01175-5 [Retrieved 2011-12-29]

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