Pliobates
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| Pliobates fossils and reconstruction | |
Scientific classification 
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Pliobates cataloniae is a primate from 11.6 million years ago, during the Iberian Miocene.[1][2][3] Originally described as a species of stem-ape that was found to be the sister taxon to gibbons and great apes like humans,[1] it was subsequently reinterpreted as a non-ape catarrhine belonging to the group Crouzeliidae within the superfamily Pliopithecoidea on the basis of discovery of new dental remains with crouzeliid synapomorphies.[4]
Mosaic characteristics
Its anatomy is gibbon-like; prior to this discovery, it was assumed that the ancestral ape bauplan was robust like Proconsul.[5] This species has mosaic characteristics of primitive, monkey-like features and the more derived ape characteristics; however, even when originally described it wasn't interpreted as a direct ancestor of modern apes but rather a side-branch that retained the ancestral morphotype and was thus placed in its own family Pliobatidae.[6] Its subsequent placement within Pliopithecoidea indicates that it was convergent with apes in elbow and wrist morphology.[4]
Palaeobiology
Based on the morphology of its ulna, the methods of locomotion of Pliobates consisted of above-branch quadrupedalism and eclectic climbing, along with suspensory behaviours resembling those of modern spider monkeys.[7]
References
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- ^ a b c d Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Alba, David M.; Almécija, Sergio; DeMiguel, Daniel; Fortuny, Josep; de los Rios, Miriam Pérez; Pina, Marta; Robles, Josep M.; Moyà-Solà, Salvador (30 October 2015). "Miocene small-bodied ape from Eurasia sheds light on hominoid evolution". Science. 350 (6260) aab2625. Bibcode:2015Sci...350.2625A. doi:10.1126/science.aab2625. PMID 26516285.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Bouchet, Florian; Urciuoli, Alessandro; Beaudet, Amélie; Pina, Marta; Moyà-Solà, Salvador; Alba, David M. (2021-12-01). "Comparative anatomy of the carotid canal in the Miocene small-bodied catarrhine Pliobates cataloniae". Journal of Human Evolution. 161 103073. Bibcode:2021JHumE.16103073B. doi:10.1016/j.jhevol.2021.103073. hdl:2263/82958. ISSN 0047-2484. PMID 34628300.
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Raventós-Izard, Georgina; Monclús-Gonzalo, Oriol; Moyà-Solà, Salvador; Alba, David M.; Arias-Martorell, Julia (May 2025). "Ulnar morphology of Pliobates cataloniae (Pliopithecoidea: Crouzeliidae): Insights into catarrhine locomotor diversity and forelimb evolution". Journal of Human Evolution. 202 103663. doi:10.1016/j.jhevol.2025.103663. Retrieved 18 June 2025 – via Elsevier Science Direct.
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