Theropithecus oswaldi
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Theropithecus oswaldi is an extinct large-bodied baboon-like primate known from Pleistocene fossil sites across Africa.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Theropithecus oswaldi canonical | 2 |
| Theropithecus gelada | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5947071 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Theropithecus oswaldi Context triple: [Gondolin Cave, containsFossilsOf, Theropithecus oswaldi]
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A.
Okapia johnstoni
Okapia johnstoni, commonly known as the okapi, is a forest-dwelling mammal from central Africa that resembles a cross between a giraffe and a zebra and is the only living relative of the giraffe.
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B.
Urocitellus
Urocitellus is a genus of ground squirrels native to North America, known for their burrowing behavior and adaptation to open grassland and steppe habitats.
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C.
Mecistops
Mecistops is a genus of slender-snouted African crocodiles known for their elongated, narrow snouts adapted for catching fish.
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D.
Tarsipes rostratus
Tarsipes rostratus, commonly known as the honey possum, is a tiny nectar- and pollen-feeding marsupial native to southwestern Australia, notable for its elongated snout and specialized brush-tipped tongue.
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E.
Presbytis
Presbytis is a genus of Old World leaf monkeys native to Southeast Asia, known for their arboreal lifestyle and folivorous diet.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Theropithecus oswaldi Target entity description: Theropithecus oswaldi is an extinct large-bodied baboon-like primate known from Pleistocene fossil sites across Africa.
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A.
Okapia johnstoni
Okapia johnstoni, commonly known as the okapi, is a forest-dwelling mammal from central Africa that resembles a cross between a giraffe and a zebra and is the only living relative of the giraffe.
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B.
Urocitellus
Urocitellus is a genus of ground squirrels native to North America, known for their burrowing behavior and adaptation to open grassland and steppe habitats.
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C.
Mecistops
Mecistops is a genus of slender-snouted African crocodiles known for their elongated, narrow snouts adapted for catching fish.
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D.
Tarsipes rostratus
Tarsipes rostratus, commonly known as the honey possum, is a tiny nectar- and pollen-feeding marsupial native to southwestern Australia, notable for its elongated snout and specialized brush-tipped tongue.
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E.
Presbytis
Presbytis is a genus of Old World leaf monkeys native to Southeast Asia, known for their arboreal lifestyle and folivorous diet.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
extinct species
ⓘ
fossil taxon ⓘ prehistoric primate ⓘ |
| bodySize | large-bodied ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| coexistedWith |
Paranthropus
ⓘ
early Homo ⓘ
linked to:
Homo erectus
|
| commonName | Oswald’s baboon ⓘ |
| dentitionAdaptation | grazing and tough grasses ⓘ |
| diet | primarily grazing ⓘ |
| ecologicalNiche | open grassland grazer ⓘ |
| family | Cercopithecidae ⓘ |
| fossilRecord |
Africa
ⓘ
East Africa ⓘ North Africa ⓘ South Africa ⓘ |
| genus | Theropithecus ⓘ |
| geologicalEpoch |
Early Pleistocene
ⓘ
Late Pleistocene ⓘ
linked to:
Pleistocene epoch
Middle Pleistocene ⓘ
linked to:
Pleistocene epoch
|
| habitat |
open woodland
ⓘ
savanna ⓘ |
| isExtinct | true ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| knownFrom |
cranial fossils
ⓘ
dental fossils ⓘ fossil remains ⓘ postcranial fossils ⓘ |
| locomotion | terrestrial quadruped ⓘ |
| morphologyComparedTo | baboons ⓘ |
| namedInContextOf | paleoprimatology ⓘ |
| order | Primates ⓘ |
| paleoenvironment | Pleistocene African grasslands ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Theropithecus gelada
ⓘ
linked to:
Theropithecus oswaldi
|
| relevance | indicator of Pleistocene African environments ⓘ |
| socialStructureInferred | group-living ⓘ |
| subfamily | Cercopithecinae ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| temporalRange | Pleistocene ⓘ |
| tribe |
Papionini
ⓘ
linked to:
Cercopithecinae
|
| typeOf | Old World monkey ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Theropithecus oswaldi Description of subject: Theropithecus oswaldi is an extinct large-bodied baboon-like primate known from Pleistocene fossil sites across Africa.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Theropithecus oswaldi