Matskási István (szerk.): A Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum évkönyve 79. (Budapest 1987)

Kordos, L.: Description and reconstruction of the skull of Rudapithecus hungaricus Kretzoi (Mammalia)

Fig. 9. Lateral view of the left side of RUD-77 (original size) finds the temporal lines and the suprorbital tori are more marked than in case of the the Rudabánya skull. The interorbital distance is wide in each cases. The orbits of the Chinese finds is not "D"-shaped but square with rounded corners. Similarly to Rudapithecus the face of Sivapithecus lufengensis is also short and its maxillary arch is "U" shaped. Accordingly, there is a great morphological similarity between skulls of the Chinese female Sivapithecus (formerly Ramapithecus) and Rudapithecus. Due to the great geographical

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