Brief communication: Cranial reconstruction of Dryopithecus

This, paper presents the first three-dimensional reconstruction of the cran ium of the European Miocene ape, Dryopithecus. The reconstruction is based on remains collected from Can Llobateres, Spain (CLI 18000; Dryopithecus la ietanus), D. fontani (St. Gaudens),and D. brancoi (Kordos and Begun [1997] Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. 103:271-294). Previously unrecognized facial fragme nts from CLI 18000 were included in the reconstruction. The result shows th at Dryopithecus had a relatively short face, with a rather short and well-r ounded neurocranium. From the lateral perspective, the face is concave at m idface, and on the cranium the temporal lines run parallel to each other wi thout forming a sagittal crest. (C) 2001. Wiley-Liss, Inc.