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A new specimen and dental microwear in Oreopithecus bambolii
1Museo di Storia Naturale del Mediterraneo della Provincia di Livorno, via Roma 234, 57127 Livorno, Italy. emiliano21@interfree.it
Abstract:
The authors describe a new specimen of Oreopithecus bambolii, a catarrhine primate from late Miocene sites of Tuscany and Sardinia (Italy). Microwears of 4 specimens of Oreopithecus bambolii have been analysed on standard surfaces of facet 9 to determine the diet. The microwear pattern confirms the hypothesis already put forward on the basis of its dental morphology that Oreopithecus bambolii had a leaf-based diet.

