Name - Afropithecus turkanensis

Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)

urn:lsid:organismnames.com:name:683005 [metadata]

Variants and Synonyms

• Afropithecus turkanensis Leakey & Leakey 1986

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Recent Publications

• New evidence for canine dietary function in Afropithecus turkanensis.
• Dentognathic remains of an Afropithecus individual from Kalodirr, Kenya.
• Re-evaluating the diets of Morotopithecus bishopi and Afropithecus turkanensis: An anterior dentognathic perspective.
• Additional hominoid fossils from the early Miocene of the Lothidok Formation, Kenya.
• Fine-scaled climate variation in equatorial Africa revealed by modern and fossil primate teeth.

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