Danuvius guggenmosi Bohme et al. 2019 (ape)

Mammalia - Primates - Hominidae

Full reference: M. Bohme, N. Spassov, J. Fuss, A. Troscher, A. S. Deane, J. Prieto, T. Lechner and D. R. Begun. 2019. A new Miocene ape and locomotion in the ancestor of great apes and humans. Nature 1-18

Belongs to Danuvius according to M. Bohme et al. 2019

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: GPIT/MA/10000, a partial skeleton (partial left mandible with M1 and M2, partial left maxilla with P3–M2, isolated mandibular (left I1, P3; right P3, M2, M3) and maxillary teeth (right P3), first). Its type locality is Hammerschmiede 5 channel, which is in a Tortonian channel lag gravel in Germany.

Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore

Distribution: found only at Hammerschmiede 5 channel

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