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Theropithecus brumpti is an extinct species of the genus Theropithecus.
This fossil primate is mostly known from skulls and mandibles found in Pliocene deposits excavated in the Shungura Formation,at the Omo River, Ethiopia. T. brumpti, like the extant gelada (T. gelada) is a species of baboon.[1]
Appearance
[edit]T. brumpti was a large, terrestrial primate, very similar in appearance to the gelada. An older male specimen found at Lomekwi,Kenya is estimate to weigh approximately 43.8 kilograms. [2]
References
[edit]- ^ Turner, Alan (2004). Evolving Eden, An Illustrated Guide to the Evolution of the African Large-Mammal Fauna. New York: Columbia University Press. p. 55.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - ^ Jablonski, Nina G. (December 2002). "A New Skeleton of Theropithecus brumpti (Primates: Cercopithecidae) from Lomekwi, West Turkana, Kenya". Journal of Human Evolution. 43 (6): 887–923. doi:10.1006/jhev.2002.0607. PMID 12473488.
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