Metric variation in the postcanine teeth from Paşalar, Turkey

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 503-517

  Humphrey, Louise T ^a   Andrews, Peter ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ape; Coefficient of variation; Dentition; Miocene; Species recognition

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DENTITION; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; HOMINID; MIOCENE; MORPHOLOGY; PALEONTOLOGY; TOOTH;

EURASIA; TURKEY;

EID: 41349102985     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2007.08.002     Document Type: Article

References (38)

1. Alpagut B., Andrews P., and Martin L. New hominoid specimens from the middle Miocene site at Paşalar, Turkey. J. Hum. Evol. 19 (1990) 397-422
2. Andrews P. A revision of the Miocene Hominoidea of East Africa. Bull. Br. Mus. Nat. Hist. (Geol.) 30 (1978) 85-225
3. Andrews P. Time resolution of the Miocene fauna from Paşalar. J. Hum. Evol. 28 (1995) 343-358
4. Andrews P., and Alpagut B. Description of the fossiliferous units at Paşalar, Turkey. J. Hum. Evol. 19 (1990) 343-362
5. Andrews P., and Ersoy A. Taphonomy of the Miocene bone deposits at Paşalar, Turkey. J. Hum. Evol. 19 (1990) 397-422
6. Andrews P., and Tobien H. New Miocene locality in Turkey, with evidence on the origins of Ramapithecus and Sivapithecus. Nature 268 (1977) 699-701
7. Bestland E.A. Sedimentology and paleopedology of Miocene alluvial deposits at the Paşalar hominoid site, western Turkey. J. Hum. Evol. 19 (1990) 363-377
8. Cook, L.A., 1999. How many species at Paşalar: a study in molar morphology. M.Sc. Thesis, University of London.
9. Cope D.A. Measures of dental variation as indicators of multiple taxa in samples of sympatric Cercopithecus species. In: Kimbel W.H., and Martin L.B. (Eds). Species, Species Concepts, and Primate Evolution (1993), Plenum Press, New York 216-237
10. Cope D.A., and Lacy M.G. Falsification of a single species hypothesis using the coefficient of variation: a simulation approach. Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. 89 (1992) 359-378
11. Cope D.A., and Lacy M.G. Comparative application of the coefficient of variation and range-based statistics for assessing the taxonomic composition of fossil samples. J. Hum. Evol. 29 (1995) 549-575
12. de Bonis L., and Melentis J. La position phyletique d'Ouranopithecus. Cour. Forsch-Inst. Senckenberg 69 (1984) 13-23
13. Fuller K. Analysis of the probability of multiple taxa in a combined sample of Swartkrans and Kromdraai dental material. Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. 101 (1996) 429-439
14. Gingerich P.D. Size variability of the teeth of living mammals and the diagnosis of closely related sympatric fossil species. J. Paleontol. 48 (1974) 895-903
15. Gingerich P.D., and Schoeninger M.J. Patterns of tooth size variability in the dentition of primates. Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. 51 (1979) 457-465
16. Harrison T., Xueping J., and Su D. On the systematic status of the late Neogene hominoids from Yunnan Province, China. J. Hum. Evol. 43 (2002) 207-227
17. Hooijer D.A. Prehistoric teeth of man and of the orang-utan from central Sumatra, with notes on the fossil orang-utan from Java and southern China. Zoologische Mededeelingen (Leiden) 29 (1948) 175-301
18. Kelley J. Taxonomic implications of sexual dimorphism in Lufengpithecus. In: Kimbel W.H., and Martin L.B. (Eds). Species, Species Concepts, and Primate Evolution (1993), Plenum Press, New York 429-458
19. Kelley J. Twenty-five years contemplating Sivapithecus taxonomy. In: Lieberman D.L., Smith R.J., and Kelley J. (Eds). Interpreting the Past: Essays on Human, Primate and Mammal Evolution in Honor of David Pilbeam (2005), Brill Academic Publishers, Boston 123-143
20. Kelley J., Andrews P., and Alpagut B. A new hominoid species from the middle Miocene site of Paşalar. Turkey. J. Hum. Evol. 54 4 (2008) 455-479
21. Kelley J., and Etler D. Hominoid dental variability and species number at the late Miocene site of Lufeng, China. Am. J. Primatol. 18 (1989) 15-34
22. Kelley J., and Plavcan J.M. A simulation test of hominoid species number at Lufeng, China: implications for the use of the coefficient of variation in paleotaxonomy. J. Hum. Evol. 35 (1998) 577-596
23. Kelley J., and Xu Q. Extreme sexual dimorphism in a Miocene hominoid. Nature 352 (1991) 151-153
24. Kordos L., and Begun D. Primates from Rudabánya: allocation of specimens to individuals, sex and age categories. J. Hum. Evol. 40 (2001) 17-39
25. Liu W., Zheng L., and Jiang C. Statistical analysis of metric data of hominoid teeth found on Yuanmou of China. Chin. Sci. Bull. 45 (2000) 936-942
26. Martin, L.B., 1983. The relationships of the later Miocene Hominoidea. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of London.
27. Martin L.B., and Andrews P. Species recognition in middle Miocene hominoids. In: Kimbel W.H., and Martin L.B. (Eds). Species, Species Concepts, and Primate Evolution (1993), Plenum Press, New York 393-427
28. Martin L.B., and Andrews P. The phyletic position of Graecopithecus freybergi Koenigswald. Cour. Forsch-Inst. Senckenberg 69 (1984) 25-40
29. Miller J.A. Does brain size variability provide evidence of multiple species in Homo habilis?. Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. 84 (1991) 385-398
30. Mortzou G., and Andrews P. The deciduous dentition of Griphopithecus alpanifrom Paşalar. Turkey. J. Hum. Evol. 54 4 (2008) 494-502
31. Pan Y. Small fossil primates from Lufeng, a late Miocene site in Yunnan Province, China. J. Hum. Evol. 17 (1988) 359-366
32. Plavcan J.M. The coefficient of variation as an indicator of interspecific variability in fossil assemblages. Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. 78 (1989) 285
33. Plavcan J.M. Catarrhine dental variability and species recognition in the fossil record. In: Kimbel W.H., and Martin L.B. (Eds). Species, Species Concepts, and Primate Evolution (1993), Plenum Press, New York 239-263
34. Plavcan J.M., and Cope D.A. Metric variation and species recognition in the fossil record. Evol. Anthropol. 10 (2001) 204-222
35. Polly P.D. Variability in mammalian dentitions: size-related bias in the coefficient of variation. Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 64 (1998) 83-89
36. Rafferty K.L., Walker A., Ruff C.B., Rose M.D., and Andrews P.J. Postcranial estimates of body weights in Proconsul, with a note on a distal tibia of Proconsul major from Napak, Uganda. Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. 97 (1995) 391-402
37. Walker A., Teaford M., Martin L., and Andrews P. A new species of Proconsul from the early Miocene of Rusinga/Mfangano Islands, Kenya. J. Hum. Evol. 25 (1993) 43-56
38. Wood B.A., and Xu Q. Variation in the Lufeng dental remains. J. Hum. Evol. 20 (1991) 291-311