:You would do better to point this out on Talk : Oreopithecus.
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It was hard to separate the oreopithecus from the otavipithecus, not to mention all the other pithecuses.
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The youngest of the Miocene hominoids, " Oreopithecus ", is from coal beds in Italy that have been dated to 9 million years ago.
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The village became famous all over the world because, in 1958, a complete fossilized skeleton of Oreopithecus bambolii was found in one of the lignite mines.
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In " Oreopithecus ", the tarsus indicate loads on the foot were transmitted to the medial side of the foot instead of the lateral, like in other primates.
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"The Swamp Ape ( Oreopithecus bambolii ) is a prehistoric primate species from the Miocene epoch whose fossils have been found in Italy ( Tuscany and Sardinia ) and in East Africa.
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The lack of predators and the limitation of space and resources in " Oreopithecus " 2 insular environment favored a locomotor system optimized for low energy expenditure rather than speed and mobility.
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The lack of a diastema ( gap ) between the second incisor and first premolar of the mandible indicates that " Oreopithecus " had canines of size comparable to the rest of its dentition.
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The most recent of these far-flung Miocene apes ( hominoids ) is " Oreopithecus ", from the fossil-rich coal beds in northern Italy and dated to 9 million years ago.
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A number of fossil species have been discovered in the lignite beds around Montebamboli, including the first fossils of the hominid species " Oreopithecus bambolii ", and the unusual waterfowl species " Bambolinetta lignitifila ", both of these species named after the settlement.
