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WE describe here five dryopithecine specimens from the Dam Formation near Ad Dabtiyah, Saudi Arabia. They were recovered from a calcareous pebbly grit1, and consist of a maxilla and four isolated teeth. One of the latter is smaller and differs in morphology from the other specimens, which suggests that it may be specifically distinct. The five specimens, which are housed in the British Museum (Natural History) with the registered numbers M35145–35149, have closest affinities with the early Miocene dryopithecines of East Africa3,4.
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ANDREWS, P., HAMILTON, W. & WHYBROW, P. Dryopithecines from the Miocene of Saudi Arabia. Nature 274, 249–251 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1038/274249a0
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