Menu
Home
People
Places
Arts
History
Plants & Animals
Science
Life & Culture
Technology
Reference.org
Ekembo
open-in-new
<h2 id="description">Description</h2> <p><i>Ekembo</i> is distinguished from other early Miocene catarrhines on the basis of dental and mandibular morphology. The <a href="/facts/Molar_(tooth)/gQqDtg4z">molars</a> of <i>Ekembo</i> are more rounded or bunodont than those of <i><a href="/facts/Proconsul_(mammal)/jbFQW12h">Proconsul</a></i> and the <a href="/facts/Canine_tooth/p3mRABtg">canine teeth</a> taper to a point while those of <i>Proconsul</i> are more "blade-like". <i>E. heseloni</i> is medium-sized while <i>E. nyanzae</i> is larger. Both <i>E. nyanzae</i> and <i>E. heseloni</i> are moderately <a href="/facts/Sexual_dimorphism/nx9wulFy">sexually dimorphic</a>. </p> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Kieran P. McNulty, David R. Begun, Jay Kelley, Fredrick K. Manthi and Emma N. Mbua (2015). "A systematic revision of Proconsul with the description of a new genus of early Miocene hominoid". Journal of Human Evolution. 84: 42-61. doi:10.1016/j.jhevol.2015.03.009. <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Rossie, James B.; Hill, Andrew (2018-12-01). "A new species of Simiolus from the middle Miocene of the Tugen Hills, Kenya". Journal of Human Evolution. 125: 50–58. Bibcode:2018JHumE.125...50R. doi:10.1016/j.jhevol.2018.09.002. ISSN 0047-2484. PMID 30502897. S2CID 54625375. <a href="/wiki/Bibcode_(identifier)" target="_blank">/wiki/Bibcode_(identifier)</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Rasmussen, D. Tab; Friscia, Anthony R.; Gutierrez, Mercedes; Kappelman, John; Miller, Ellen R.; Muteti, Samuel; Reynoso, Dawn; Rossie, James B.; Spell, Terry L. (2019-03-11). "Primitive Old World monkey from the earliest Miocene of Kenya and the evolution of cercopithecoid bilophodonty". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116 (13): 6051–6056. Bibcode:2019PNAS..116.6051R. doi:10.1073/pnas.1815423116. ISSN 0027-8424. PMC 6442627. PMID 30858323. <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6442627" target="_blank">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6442627</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>