The Miocene primate Pliobates is a pliopithecoid

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dc.contributor.authorAmélie Beaudet
dc.contributor.authorZanolli, Clément
dc.contributor.authorUrciuoli, Alessandro
dc.contributor.authorAlmécija, Sergio
dc.contributor.authorFortuny, Josep
dc.contributor.authorRobles, Josep M.
dc.contributor.authorBouchet, Florian
dc.contributor.authorMoyà-Solà, Salvador
dc.contributor.authorAlba, David M.
dc.date.accessioned2024-11-23T16:33:53Z
dc.date.available2024-11-23T16:33:53Z
dc.date.issued2024-04
dc.description.abstractThe systematic status of the small-bodied catarrhine primate Pliobates cataloniae, from the Miocene (11.6 Ma) of Spain, is controversial because it displays a mosaic of primitive and derived features compared with extant hominoids (apes and humans). Cladistic analyses have recovered Pliobates as either a stem hominoid or as a pliopithecoid stem catarrhine (i.e., preceding the cercopithecoid–hominoid divergence). Here, we describe additional dental remains of P. cataloniae from another locality that display unambiguous synapomorphies of crouzeliid pliopithecoids. Our cladistic analyses support a close phylogenetic link with poorly-known small crouzeliids from Europe based on (cranio)dental characters but recover pliopithecoids as stem hominoids when postcranial characters are included. We conclude that Pliobates is a derived stem catarrhine that shows postcranial convergences with modern apes in the elbow and wrist joints—thus clarifying pliopithecoid evolution and illustrating the plausibility of independent acquisition of postcranial similarities between hylobatids and hominids.
dc.description.librarianPM2024
dc.facultyFaculty of Science
dc.identifier0000-0002-9363-5966
dc.identifier.citationBouchet, F., Zanolli, C., Urciuoli, A. et al. The Miocene primate Pliobates is a pliopithecoid. Nat Commun 15, 2822 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-47034-9
dc.identifier.issn2041-1723 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.1038/s41467-024-47034-9
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10539/42859
dc.journal.titleNature communications
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherNature Research
dc.rights© The Author(s) 2024. This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
dc.schoolGeography, Archaeology and Environmental Sciences
dc.subjectPliobates cataloniae
dc.subjectBiological anthropology
dc.subjectPhylogenetics
dc.subjectTaxonomy
dc.subjectDental remains of P. cataloniae
dc.subject.otherSDG-15: Life on land
dc.titleThe Miocene primate Pliobates is a pliopithecoid
dc.typeArticle
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