論文

査読有り
2016年5月

Sacral vertebral remains of the Middle Miocene hominoid Nacholapithecus kerioi from northern Kenya

JOURNAL OF HUMAN EVOLUTION
  • Yasuhiro Kikuchi
  • ,
  • Masato Nakatsukasa
  • ,
  • Yoshihiko Nakano
  • ,
  • Yutaka Kunimatsu
  • ,
  • Daisuke Shimizu
  • ,
  • Naomichi Ogihara
  • ,
  • Hiroshi Tsujikawa
  • ,
  • Tomo Takano
  • ,
  • Hidemi Ishida

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開始ページ
117
終了ページ
125
記述言語
英語
掲載種別
研究論文(学術雑誌)
DOI
10.1016/j.jhevol.2016.03.006
出版者・発行元
ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD

This study describes two new sacral specimens of Nacholapithecus kerioi, KNM-BG 427531 and KNM-BG 47687A, from the Aka Aiteputh Formation in Nachola, northern Kenya, excavated in 2002. They are of roughly equal size and are considered to belong to males. When scaled by body mass, the lumbosacral articular surface area of the better preserved specimen, KNM-BG 427531, is smaller than that in Old World monkeys but similar to that in extant great apes and New World monkeys, as well as Proconsul nyanzae. The relatively narrow dimensions of the first sacral vertebral body in the transverse and sagittal planes are characteristics of N. kerioi and P. nyanzae and similar to those of extant great apes. In N. kerioi, lumbosacral surface area relative to body mass is small. This may simply be an extension of a trend from the previously reported small thoracolumbar vertebrae to the sacrum. The first sacral vertebrae of N. kerioi and Epipliopithecus vindobonensis have a higher craniocaudal vertebral body reduction (CVR; a higher CVR indicates a wider cranial width relative to a narrower caudal width), similar to that in Old World monkeys. Old World monkeys have a higher CVR, and usually have three sacral vertebrae, fewer than seen in extant great apes, which have a lower CVR and four to six (sometimes as many as eight) sacral vertebrae. New World monkeys have a lower CVR than Old World monkeys, but generally possess only three sacral vertebrae, and have a large caudal articular surface, which may be related, at least in the Atelidae, to the grasping ability of their tails. The possibility that N. kerioi had only three sacral vertebrae cannot be ruled out, because E. vindobonensis and Old World monkeys, with higher CVRs, have sacra consisting of three sacral vertebrae. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

リンク情報
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhevol.2016.03.006
J-GLOBAL
https://jglobal.jst.go.jp/detail?JGLOBAL_ID=201702212071949313
PubMed
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27178463
Web of Science
https://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=JSTA_CEL&SrcApp=J_Gate_JST&DestLinkType=FullRecord&KeyUT=WOS:000376830600010&DestApp=WOS_CPL
ID情報
  • DOI : 10.1016/j.jhevol.2016.03.006
  • ISSN : 0047-2484
  • J-Global ID : 201702212071949313
  • PubMed ID : 27178463
  • Web of Science ID : WOS:000376830600010

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