[A pongid (primates: pongidae) from the Pannonian (late Miocene) of lower austria].
Description of an (?) M-1 of a small pongid (Dryopithecus brancoi Schlosser) from the Late Miocene (Pannonian = Vallesian) of Mariathal in Lower Austria. The accompanying fauna is a typical Hipparion fauna with Hipparion primigenium, Gomphotherium (Tetralophodon) longirostre, Dinotherium giganteum, Aceratherium bavaricum, Anchitherium aurelianense, Chalicotherium goldfussi, Microstonyx (Korynochoerus) palaeochoerus, Dorcatherium naui, Amphiprox anocerus and Miotragocerus pannoniae. It is the first documentation of Dryopithecus brancoi in Austria and one of the youngest occurrences of a pongid in Middle Europe. The existence of this species in a biotop which is comparable with the recent mixed mesophytic forests in southeastern Asia is discussed. It is a vegetation of the warm-temperate zone, but between 48 degrees and 50 degrees of northern latitude.
D000818:Animals; D001317:Austria; D002980:Climate; D005580:Fossils; D015186:Hominidae / Q000145:classification*; D010163:Paleontology
Ein Menschenaffenfund (Primates: Pongidae) aus dem Pannon (Jung-Miozän) von Niederösterreich.