MCZ Vertebrate Paleontology VPM-8801

Dryopithecus fontani Lartet, 1856

Date Collected:

[date unknown] prior to 2014-05-12

Europe: France | [Masked]

Current Identification
Dryopithecus fontani Lartet, 1856
Animalia Chordata Vertebrata Tetrapoda Mammalia Primates Hominidae
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: migration

The Primate Fossil R... 2002, page 345, Figured of Dryopithecus fontani Lartet, 1856 cast of specimen (), see fig. 20.2b and fig. 20.3c,d

  • previous number: MCZ BOM-8801

Part Condition Disposition Count
jaw (replica - cast) good in collection 2 History
teeth (cast/mold) unchecked unknown 9 History

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  • rami (right & left); Transferred from MCZ Mammal collection March 16, 1960. EMBiedron, 2024-07-23: appears to be cast of holotype specimen which is now catalogued as MNHN-AC 36 at the Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (Hartwig, 2002, see fig 20.2 & 20.3)

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  • Continent:
  • Europe
  • Country:
  • France
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/1000070 linked data icon
  • Specific Locality:
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  • Verbatim Locality:
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  • Verbatim Coordinates:
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  • Habitat Description:
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  • Microhabitat:
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  • Georeference:
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  • Verbatim Coordinates:
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  • Collecting Source:
  • rock/outcrop
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1700-01-01 / 2014-05-12
  • Verbatim Date:
  • [no verbatim date data]
  • Collecting Event Remarks:
  • End of date collected range set to latest date of data entry for a cataloged item in this collecting event
  • Collector:
  • [no agent data]

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