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Schlagwörter:
Cercopithecidae; Papionini; Paradolichopithecus; Molar; Pliocene; Serbia
Zusammenfassung:
The fossil record of non-human primates in Serbia remains limited, with only one site—Ridjake (Riđake) in northwestern
Serbia—yielding remains of fossil monkeys so far: two molars attributed to cf. Paradolichopithecus sp. discovered within a
Late Pliocene assemblage. Adding to this sparse collection, we present a newly identifed primate specimen from Ridjake:
a well-preserved crown of a mandibular third molar (m3) designated NHMBEO 042503. The molar exhibits morphology
typical of Papionini (excluding Theropithecus) but larger dimensions than Macaca. Based solely on dental size, this new
specimen could belong to either of the two Eurasian Plio-Pleistocene large-bodied papionin genera—Procynocephalus and
Paradolichopithecus. However, since Procynocephalus fossils are found exclusively in South and East Asia, the new molar
from Ridjake is assigned to cf. Paradolichopithecus sp. in this paper. While sexual dimorphism could explain the size diference between NHMBEO 042503 and the previously described m3 from Ridjake (NHMBEO 042502), the somewhat smaller
size of the Ridjake molars compared to other Paradolichopithecus records suggests they might belong to an as-yet-unknown
species within this genus. Further research is needed to test this hypothesis.
