Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia, 19() 1974
Pliopithecus antiquus (Blainville, 1839) (Primates, Mammalia) from the Miocene of Przeworno in Silesia (Poland)
Abstract:
The maxillary teeth belonging to one specimen of Pliopithecus from the fossil fauna of Upper Vindobonian age from Przeworno in Silesia are described. Morphologically the teeth come near to those found at Gröriach only that they are somewhat smaller and in measurements correspond to the holotype of this species from Sansan. In this connection the remains have been identified as Pl. (Pliopithecus) antiquus cf. antiquus. The material from Przeworno, along w ith the earlier find from Opole, situated in the vicinity of the present locality, indicates the relatively numerous occurrence of this primate in the northern border zone of its distribution in Europe.
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