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Theropithecus oswaldi

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Theropithecus oswaldi is an extinct species of monkey in the genus Theropithecus that lived during the Early to Middle Pleistocene. Its fossils are known from Kenya, Ethiopia, Tanzania, South Africa, Spain, Morocco, Algeria and India, a very wide range for an Old World monkey. It was remarkable for its size: one specimen is projected to have weighed about 72 kilograms, and its postcranial bones are far larger than those of living papionins such as the mandrill. Carbon isotope values and dental microwear from several sites, including Swartkans, the Omo Valley and Ahl al Oughlam in Morocco, indicate a diet dominated by grasses and the aerial parts of herbaceous plants, with leaves and fruit as additions, much like the modern gelada. The species went extinct in South Africa around one million years ago. It lived alongside hominins such as Homo erectus, and a site with many butchered juveniles suggests that conflict with early humans probably played a part in its extinction.

Facts
Classification
Diet
Herbivore 1
Relationship to People
Hunted or Fished 1
Living or Extinct
No 1
Conservation Status
Extinct 1
Body Size Band
Large 1
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Child Taxon Of

Cercopithecidae, Taxa
Source Theropithecus (Wikipedia)
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Algeria

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Theropithecus oswaldi is an extinct species of Theropithecus from the Early to Middle Pleistocene of Kenya, Ethiopia, Tanzania, South Africa, Spain, Morocco, Algeria, and India.
Ethiopia

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Theropithecus oswaldi is an extinct species of Theropithecus from the Early to Middle Pleistocene of Kenya, Ethiopia, Tanzania, South Africa, Spain, Morocco, Algeria, and India.
India

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Theropithecus oswaldi is an extinct species of Theropithecus from the Early to Middle Pleistocene of Kenya, Ethiopia, Tanzania, South Africa, Spain, Morocco, Algeria, and India.
Kenya

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Theropithecus oswaldi is an extinct species of Theropithecus from the Early to Middle Pleistocene of Kenya, Ethiopia, Tanzania, South Africa, Spain, Morocco, Algeria, and India.
Morocco

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Theropithecus oswaldi is an extinct species of Theropithecus from the Early to Middle Pleistocene of Kenya, Ethiopia, Tanzania, South Africa, Spain, Morocco, Algeria, and India.
South Africa

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Theropithecus oswaldi is an extinct species of Theropithecus from the Early to Middle Pleistocene of Kenya, Ethiopia, Tanzania, South Africa, Spain, Morocco, Algeria, and India.
Spain

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Theropithecus oswaldi is an extinct species of Theropithecus from the Early to Middle Pleistocene of Kenya, Ethiopia, Tanzania, South Africa, Spain, Morocco, Algeria, and India.
Tanzania

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Theropithecus oswaldi is an extinct species of Theropithecus from the Early to Middle Pleistocene of Kenya, Ethiopia, Tanzania, South Africa, Spain, Morocco, Algeria, and India.
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1. Theropithecus oswaldi (Wikipedia)
  • Lead, extinct species
    Theropithecus oswaldi is an extinct species of Theropithecus from the Early to Middle Pleistocene of Kenya, Ethiopia, Tanzania, South Africa, Spain, Morocco, Algeria, and India.
  • Palaeoecology
    A different dental microwear study based on fossils from the Omo Valley suggests that the diet of T. oswaldi, like that of the modern day gelada, consisted primarily of the aerial parts of herbaceous monocots and dicots.
  • Description
    It is remarkable for its large size compared to other Old World monkeys.
  • Lead, extinction
    Having existed alongside hominins like Homo erectus, conflict with early humans likely played a role in their extinction, as a site has been found with many juveniles butchered.
  • Lead, range
    Theropithecus oswaldi is an extinct species of Theropithecus from the Early to Middle Pleistocene of Kenya, Ethiopia, Tanzania, South Africa, Spain, Morocco, Algeria, and India.
  • In Group: Primate Species, Description, Old World monkeys
    It is remarkable for its large size compared to other Old World monkeys.
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Theropithecus (Wikipedia)
Child Taxon Of: Cercopithecidae, Lead, genus and family
Quote, Child Taxon Of: Cercopithecidae, Lead, genus and family
Theropithecus is a genus of primates in the family Cercopithecidae.
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