RT Journal Article
T1 New macaque remains from the Middle Pleistocene of Gruta da Aroeira (Almonda karst system, Portugal)
A1 Alba, David M.
A1 Daura, Joan
A1 Sanz, Montserrat
A1 Santos, Elena
A1 Yagüe, Almudena S.
A1 Delson, Eric
A1 Zilhão, João
AB The Middle Pleistocene site of Gruta da Aroeira, in the Almonda karst system (Torres Novas, central Portugal; Supplementary Online Material [SOM] Fig. S1), has yielded a rich Acheulean lithic assemblage alongside a human cranium and associated faunal remains (Trinkaus et al., 2003, Daura et al., 2017, Conde-Valverde et al., 2018). The recovery of macaques in the 1997–2002 phase of the excavations is mentioned in the literature (Marks et al., 2002a, Marks et al., 2002b, Trinkaus et al., 2003, Brugal, 2004, Marigó et al., 2014); the specimens were assigned to Macaca sylvanus ?florentina (Cocchi, 1872), although the material remains undescribed. Here we describe a juvenile macaque mandible (ARO17-J8-Xa-934, hereinafter ARO 934) recovered in 2017 from a level that is correlated to Marine Isotope Stage 11 and radiometrically dated to 436–390 ka (Daura et al., 2017; see SOM S1 and SOM Fig. S1). We compare it with other fossil papionins from Europe to provide a taxonomic assignment.
PB Elsevier
SN 0047-2484, ESSN: 1095-8606
YR 2019
FD 2019-06
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/12360
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/12360
LA eng
NO Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (MINECO)/FEDER
NO Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (MINECO)
NO Generalitat de Catalunya
NO Fundación Ramón Areces
NO Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia, Portugal
DS Docta Complutense
RD 9 may 2025