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恐狒屬

恐狒屬
化石时期:上新世至更新世
科学分类 编辑
界: 动物界 Animalia
门: 脊索动物门 Chordata
纲: 哺乳纲 Mammalia
目: 灵长目 Primates
科: 猴科 Cercopithecidae
亚科: 猕猴亚科 Cercopithecinae
族: 狒狒族 Papionini
属: 恐狒屬 Dinopithecus
Broom, 1937
模式種
Dinopithecus ingens
Broom, 1937

恐狒屬學名Dinopithecus,意思為「恐怖的猿猴」)是已滅絕的大型狒狒,生存於上新世更新世南非[1][2],是由蘇格蘭古生物學家Robert Broom英语Robert Broom於1937進行發表與命名[3]。恐狒屬下目前已知的物種為Dinopithecus ingens,而原屬於恐狒屬的D. quadratirostris則重新被分配至Soromandrillus屬之下[4]。恐狒屬的化石多發現於南非地層年代為更新世早期的洞穴化石遺址之中,包括Skurweberg、斯瓦特克朗英语Swartkrans史德克方頓英语Sterkfontein洞穴[1][2][5]

描述

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恐狒的體型大約為現存狒狒的兩倍大,由臼齒化石大小來推斷,成年雄性體重可達46公斤(101英磅)而雌性可達29公斤(64英磅)[6],這樣大的體型在狒狒之中是很罕見的,只有獅尾狒屬中同樣已滅絕的Theropithecus brumpti英语Theropithecus brumptiTheropithecus oswaldi英语Theropithecus oswaldi體型可與恐狒比擬[6]。恐狒的顱骨與現存狒狒相近,但是口鼻與下顎側面缺乏凹陷處且口鼻部上方不具有嵴[2][4],不過恐狒有時依然會被認為是狒狒屬下的一個亞屬[2][7]

古生態學

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現存大部分的狒狒族均為雜食動物,食物包括容易消化的植物部位(例如水果)、昆蟲與其他無脊椎動物、以及小型脊椎動物[8]。一項針對恐狒牙釉質所進行的同位素分析顯示,牠們食用水果的比例遠超過於同時期生存於南非的其他靈長目物種,而食草的比例則是其中最低的[9]。而由恐狒臼齒微磨損的形式則推斷牠們與現存的草原狒狒同樣有多樣化的食性[10]。一項針對恐狒臼齒的演化形式同樣也證明牠們食物中有很高比例為水果,而樹葉所佔的比例則很低[11]

由於目前僅有發現恐狒的顱骨與牙齒化石,因此無法知道牠們移動的方法與形式。然而,作為十分大型的狒狒族,可以推斷牠們可能多半棲息於地面,並以四足行走居多。

參考文獻

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  1. ^ 1.0 1.1 Freedman, Leonard. The fossil Cercopithecoidea of South Africa. Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 1957, 23: 121–257. 
  2. ^ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Szalay, Frederick S.; Delson, Eric. Evolutionary history of the primates. New York: Academic Press. 1979. ISBN 0126801509. OCLC 5008038. 
  3. ^ Broom R. (1937). On some new Pleistocene mammals from limestone caves of the Transvaal. S Afr J Sci 33, 750-768.
  4. ^ 4.0 4.1 Gilbert, Christopher C. Cladistic analysis of extant and fossil African papionins using craniodental data. Journal of Human Evolution. May 2013, 64 (5): 399–433. PMID 23490264. doi:10.1016/j.jhevol.2013.01.013. 
  5. ^ Delson, Eric. Cercopithecid biochronology of the African Plio-Pleistocene: correlation among eastern and southern hominid-bearing localities. Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg. 1984, 69: 199–218. 
  6. ^ 6.0 6.1 Delson, Eric; Terranova, Carl J.; Jungers, William J; Sargis, Eric J.; Jablonski, Nina G.; Dechow, Paul C. Body mass in Cercopithecidae (Primates, Mammalia): estimation and scaling in extinct and extant taxa. Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History. 2000, 83: 1–159. 
  7. ^ Gilbert, Christopher C.; Frost, Stephen R.; Pugh, Kelsey D.; Anderson, Monya; Delson, Eric. Evolution of the modern baboon ( Papio hamadryas ): A reassessment of the African Plio-Pleistocene record. Journal of Human Evolution. September 2018, 122: 38–69 [2020-01-26]. PMID 29954592. doi:10.1016/j.jhevol.2018.04.012. (原始内容存档于2021-01-21). 
  8. ^ G., Fleagle, John. Primate adaptation and evolution 3rd. Amsterdam: Elsevier/Academic Press. 2013. ISBN 9780123786326. OCLC 820107187. 
  9. ^ Codron, Daryl; Luyt, Julie; Lee-Thorp, Julia; Sponheimer, Matt; de Ruiter, Darryl; Codron, Jacqui. Utilization of savanna-based resources by Plio-Pleistocene baboons. South African Journal of Science. 2005, 101: 245–248. 
  10. ^ El-Zaatari, Sireen; Grine, Frederick E.; Teaford, Mark F.; Smith, Heather F. Molar microwear and dietary reconstructions of fossil cercopithecoidea from the Plio-Pleistocene deposits of South Africa. Journal of Human Evolution. August 2005, 49 (2): 180–205. PMID 15964607. doi:10.1016/j.jhevol.2005.03.005. 
  11. ^ Benefit, Brenda R. Victoriapithecus: The key to Old World monkey and catarrhine origins. Evolutionary Anthropology. 1999, 7 (5): 155–174. doi:10.1002/(SICI)1520-6505(1999)7:5<155::AID-EVAN2>3.0.CO;2-D. 
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