{"id":1251,"date":"2024-07-17T15:25:49","date_gmt":"2024-07-17T13:25:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/wordpress\/wordpress\/?page_id=1251"},"modified":"2026-08-19T12:30:45","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T10:30:45","slug":"oreopithecus-bambolii","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fossiliregionali.it\/en\/oreopithecus-bambolii\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuscany"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1251\" class=\"elementor elementor-1251\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-03112f6 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"03112f6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-faf3354 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"faf3354\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/fossiliregionali.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Oreopiteco-lastra-jpeg.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTI1MiwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2Zvc3NpbGlyZWdpb25hbGkuaXRcL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjRcLzA3XC9PcmVvcGl0ZWNvLWxhc3RyYS1qcGVnLmpwZyJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"653\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/fossiliregionali.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Oreopiteco-lastra-jpeg.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1252\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9c4f1e1 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"9c4f1e1\" data-element_type=\"container\" 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data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Description<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d693f77 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d693f77\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This <strong>anthropomorphic monkey<\/strong>, closely related to the primates of the <strong>Hominidae<\/strong> family (gibbons, orangutans, gorillas, chimpanzees, and humans), is the most notable member of the <strong>endemic<\/strong> fauna that inhabited the northern Tyrrhenian region during the Upper Miocene.<\/p><p>The species <em>Oreopithecus bambolii<\/em> was described in <strong>1872<\/strong> by the French palaeontologist Paul Gervais, based on the mandible of a<b> juvenile individual<\/b> found in the lignite mine at <strong>Montebamboli<\/strong> (Massa Marittima, Grosseto). However, the name <em>Oreopithecus bambolii<\/em> is inextricably linked to the <strong>Baccinello lignite mine<\/strong> where a complete skeleton, dated to between<strong> 8 <\/strong>and <strong>7 million years ago,<\/strong> was discovered and recovered. This specimen was discovered inside a <strong>lignite<\/strong> slab (pictured here is a replica of the original slab), from which the individual bones were subsequently extracted and the missing ones, such as parts of the<strong> skull <\/strong>, <strong>jaw <\/strong>and<strong> hands, were reconstructed.<\/strong><strong><br \/><\/strong><\/p><p>The classification of this primate has long been the subject of heated scientific debate. <em>Oreopithecus<\/em> exhibits morphological characteristics typical of <strong>modern anthropomorphic apes<\/strong>, such as forelimbs that are longer than the hindlimbs. However, recent anatomical studies have also revealed features consistent with <strong>bipedal locomotion, <\/strong>observable in the morphology of the pelvis, femur, foot, hand, and inner ear.<\/p><p>Today, many scientists believe that the striking similarities to hominids, coupled with significant differences, are the result of evolution in an <strong>island environment.<\/strong> This makes <em>Oreopithecus bambolii<\/em> a unique species in the evolutionary landscape of primates, a testament to an evolutionary lineage that developed in geographic isolation.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-17f6f20 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"17f6f20\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e6e44d7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-n-accordion\" data-id=\"e6e44d7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;default_state&quot;:&quot;expanded&quot;,&quot;max_items_expended&quot;:&quot;one&quot;,&quot;n_accordion_animation_duration&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;ms&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:400,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"nested-accordion.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-n-accordion\" aria-label=\"Accordion. 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elementor-size-default\">Baccinello, Comune di \nScansano (GR)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-2422\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d3ba598 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d3ba598\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-097c5d8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"097c5d8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-257337f elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"257337f\" 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\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Mandible of the 1872 holotype designated IGF4335.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b583734 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b583734\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3255dcd elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3255dcd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/fossiliregionali.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IGF-11778-Mano.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" 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class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cab146a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cab146a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>Cioppi E. &amp; Rook L. (2010). I vertebrati continentali miocenici. In Monechi S. &amp; Rook L. (eds.), Il<br \/>Museo di Storia Naturale dell\u2019Universit\u00e0 di Firenze &#8211; Le Collezioni Geologiche e Paleontologiche 3,<br \/>Florence University Press: 207-223.<\/li><li>Engesser B. (2000). Gli studi di Johannes H\u00fcrzeler sull\u2019Oreopithecus e la storia del ritrovamento di<br \/>\u00abSandrone\u00bb. Atti del Museo di Storia Naturale della Maremma, 18: 7-23.<\/li><li>Rook L. (2016). Geopalaeontological setting, chronology and palaeoenvironmental evolution of<br \/>the Baccinello-Cinigiano Basin continental successions (late Miocene, Italy). Comptes Rendus<br \/>Palevol, 15: 825-836.<\/li><li>Salimei L. (2019). Miniera. https:\/\/vimeo.com\/456219486. Coproduzione Orizzonti (Roma) e ProLoco<br \/>Baccinello (GR).<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c9741a5 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c9741a5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-70abfef elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"70abfef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Credits and acknowledgments<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0597dc8 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"0597dc8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-72b4c45 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"72b4c45\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We would like to extend our heartfelt thanks to Luca Bellucci, Andrea Savorelli, and Stefano Dominici of the University of Florence, and to Andrea Profico and Carlotta Zeppilli of the University of Pisa, the creators of the 3D scan, for sharing the multimedia material used on this page.<\/p><p>We would also like to thank the <span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Museo di Geologia e Paleontologia del Sistema Museale di Ateneo di Firenze<\/span> for granting permission to use the material on this website.<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reproduction, distribution, or any other use is prohibited without prior authorization from the rights holders.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Sandrone&#8221; Oreopithecus bambolii Lastra con scheletro di primate quasi completo Descrizione Questa scimmia antropomorfa, affine ai primati della famiglia Hominidae (gibbone, orango, gorilla, scimpanz\u00e9 ed essere umano), rappresenta l&#8217;elemento di spicco delle faune endemiche che popolavano l&#8217;area del Tirreno settentrionale durante il Miocene Superiore. La specie Oreopithecus bambolii fu istituita nel 1872 dal paleontologo francese Paul Gervais, sulla base di una mandibola di un individuo giovanile rinvenuta nella miniera di lignite di Montebamboli (Massa Marittima, Grosseto). Tuttavia, il nome Oreopithecus bambolii \u00e8 indissolubilmente legato alla miniera di lignite di Baccinello (Grosseto) dove venne scoperto e recuperato uno scheletro in connessione anatomica, datato tra 8 e 7 milioni di anni fa. Questo esemplare fu rinvenuto all&#8217;interno di una lastra di lignite (nella foto, la copia della lastra originale) da cui sono state successivamente estratte le singole ossa e ricostruite quelle mancanti come alcune parti del cranio, della mandibola e delle mani. La classificazione di questo primate ha suscitato a lungo un acceso dibattito scientifico. Oreopithecus mostra infatti caratteristiche morfologiche tipiche delle scimmie antropomorfe attuali, come gli arti anteriori pi\u00f9 lunghi di quelli posteriori. Tuttavia, studi anatomici recenti hanno messo in luce\u00a0 anche tratti compatibili con la locomozione bipede, osservabili nella morfologia del bacino, del femore, del piede, della mano e dell&#8217;orecchio interno. Oggi molti studiosi ritengono che le marcate somiglianze con gli ominidi, affiancate da significative differenze, siano il risultato di un&#8217;evoluzione in ambiente insulare. Questo rende Oreopithecus bambolii una specie unica nel panorama evolutivo dei primati, un testimone di una linea evolutiva sviluppatasi in isolamento geografico. Classificazione e confronto dimensionale Regno: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Classe: Mammalia Ordine: Primates \u00a0 Superfamiglia:Hominoidea Genere: \u2020Oreopithecus Specie: \u2020Oreopithecus bamboliiGervais, 1872 Scala del Tempo Geologico ERA: Cenozoico PERIODO: Neogene EPOCA: Miocene ET\u00c0: Tortoniano-Messiniano (11.6-5.3 Ma) Esplora la Scala del Tempo Geologico completa Luogo di ritrovamento Baccinello, Comune di Scansano (GR) Scopri il sito geo-paleontologico Luogo di esposizione Museo di Geologia e Paleontologia, Sistema Museale di Ateneo, Universit\u00e0 degli Studi di Firenze (FI) Numero di catalogo: IGF11778 Visita il sito del Museo Regno: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Classe: Mammalia Ordine: Primates \u00a0 Superfamiglia:Hominoidea Genere: \u2020Oreopithecus Specie: \u2020Oreopithecus bamboliiGervais, 1872 ERA: Cenozoico PERIODO: Neogene EPOCA: Miocene ET\u00c0: Tortoniano-Messiniano (11.6-5.3 Ma) Esplora la Scala del Tempo Geologico completa Baccinello, Comune di Scansano (GR) Scopri il sito geo-paleontologico Museo di Geologia e Paleontologia, Sistema Museale di Ateneo, Universit\u00e0 degli Studi di Firenze (FI) Numero di catalogo: IGF11778 Visita il sito del Museo Galleria Mandibola dell&#8217;olotipo del 1872 denominato IGF4335. Ricostruzione delle ossa della mano anteriore sinistra dell&#8217;esemplare IGF11778 &#8220;Sandrone&#8221;, Fossile Regionale. Confronto tra la ricostruzione della mandibola di &#8220;Sandrone&#8221; (a sinistra) con quella dell&#8217;olotipo (a destra). Ricostruzione del cranio facciale di &#8220;Sandrone&#8221; in connessione anatomica. In bianco le parti mancanti. Ricostruzione tridimensionale del cranio di Oreopithecus &#8220;Sandrone&#8221;. Su gentile concessione di Andrea Profico e Carlotta Zeppili dell&#8217;Universit\u00e0 di Pisa. L&#8217;angolo della paleoarte The old one &#8211; Leonardo Sorbelli Per saperne di pi\u00f9: Cioppi E. &amp; Rook L. (2010). I vertebrati continentali miocenici. In Monechi S. &amp; Rook L. (eds.), IlMuseo di Storia Naturale dell\u2019Universit\u00e0 di Firenze &#8211; Le Collezioni Geologiche e Paleontologiche 3,Florence University Press: 207-223. Engesser B. (2000). Gli studi di Johannes H\u00fcrzeler sull\u2019Oreopithecus e la storia del ritrovamento di\u00abSandrone\u00bb. Atti del Museo di Storia Naturale della Maremma, 18: 7-23. Rook L. (2016). Geopalaeontological setting, chronology and palaeoenvironmental evolution ofthe Baccinello-Cinigiano Basin continental successions (late Miocene, Italy). Comptes RendusPalevol, 15: 825-836. Salimei L. (2019). Miniera. https:\/\/vimeo.com\/456219486. Coproduzione Orizzonti (Roma) e ProLocoBaccinello (GR). Crediti e ringraziamenti Un sentito ringraziamento per la condivisione del materiale multimediale utilizzato in questa pagina va a Luca Bellucci, Andrea Savorelli e Stefano Dominici dell&#8217;Universit\u00e0 di Firenze e ad Andrea Profico e Carlotta Zeppilli dell&#8217;Universit\u00e0 di Pisa, autori della scansione 3D. 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Tuttavia, studi anatomici recenti hanno messo in luce\u00a0 anche tratti compatibili con la locomozione bipede, osservabili nella morfologia del bacino, del femore, del piede, della mano e dell&#8217;orecchio interno. Oggi molti studiosi ritengono che le marcate somiglianze con gli ominidi, affiancate da significative differenze, siano il risultato di un&#8217;evoluzione in ambiente insulare. Questo rende Oreopithecus bambolii una specie unica nel panorama evolutivo dei primati, un testimone di una linea evolutiva sviluppatasi in isolamento geografico. 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Ricostruzione delle ossa della mano anteriore sinistra dell&#8217;esemplare IGF11778 &#8220;Sandrone&#8221;, Fossile Regionale. Confronto tra la ricostruzione della mandibola di &#8220;Sandrone&#8221; (a sinistra) con quella dell&#8217;olotipo (a destra). Ricostruzione del cranio facciale di &#8220;Sandrone&#8221; in connessione anatomica. In bianco le parti mancanti. Ricostruzione tridimensionale del cranio di Oreopithecus &#8220;Sandrone&#8221;. Su gentile concessione di Andrea Profico e Carlotta Zeppili dell&#8217;Universit\u00e0 di Pisa. L&#8217;angolo della paleoarte The old one &#8211; Leonardo Sorbelli Per saperne di pi\u00f9: Cioppi E. &amp; Rook L. (2010). I vertebrati continentali miocenici. In Monechi S. &amp; Rook L. (eds.), IlMuseo di Storia Naturale dell\u2019Universit\u00e0 di Firenze &#8211; Le Collezioni Geologiche e Paleontologiche 3,Florence University Press: 207-223. Engesser B. (2000). 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Ricostruzione delle ossa della mano anteriore sinistra dell&#8217;esemplare IGF11778 &#8220;Sandrone&#8221;, Fossile Regionale. Confronto tra la ricostruzione della mandibola di &#8220;Sandrone&#8221; (a sinistra) con quella dell&#8217;olotipo (a destra). Ricostruzione del cranio facciale di &#8220;Sandrone&#8221; in connessione anatomica. In bianco le parti mancanti. Ricostruzione tridimensionale del cranio di Oreopithecus &#8220;Sandrone&#8221;. Su gentile concessione di Andrea Profico e Carlotta Zeppili dell&#8217;Universit\u00e0 di Pisa. L&#8217;angolo della paleoarte The old one &#8211; Leonardo Sorbelli Per saperne di pi\u00f9: Cioppi E. &amp; Rook L. (2010). I vertebrati continentali miocenici. In Monechi S. &amp; Rook L. (eds.), IlMuseo di Storia Naturale dell\u2019Universit\u00e0 di Firenze &#8211; Le Collezioni Geologiche e Paleontologiche 3,Florence University Press: 207-223. Engesser B. (2000). 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