Anthropoid origins / edited by John G. Fleagle and Richard F. Kay.

Other author Fleagle, John G.
Other author Kay, Richard F.
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Plenum Press, ©1994.
Descriptionxvi, 708 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Subjects

SeriesAdvances in primatology (Plenum Press)
Advances in primatology (Plenum Press) ^A396090
Contents Early radiation of euprimates and the initial diversification of omomyidae / Kenneth D. Rose, Marc Godinot, Thomas M. Bown -- Recently recovered specimens of North American eocene omomyids and adapids and their bearing on debates about anthropoid origins / Herbert H. Covert, Blythe A. Williams -- Cranial anatomy of shoshonius and the antiquity of anthropoidea / K. Christopher Beard, R.D.E. MacPhee -- Messel primates and anthropoid origins / Jens Lorenz Franzen -- Relative ages of eocene primate-bearing deposits of Asia / Patricia A. Holroyd, Russell L. Ciochon.
Contents Asian origin of anthropoidea revisited / Russell L. Ciochon, Patricia A. Holroyd -- Rencunius zhoui, new primate from the Late Middle Eocene of Henan, China and a comparison with some early anthropoidea / Philip D. Gingerich, Patricia A. Holroyd, Russell L. Ciochon -- Eocene origin of anthropoid primates: adaptations, evolution and diversity / Elwyn L. Simons ... [et al.] -- Eocene anthropoid postcrania from the Fayum, Egypt / Daniel L. Gebo ... [et al.] -- Early North African primates and their significance for the origin of simiformes / Marc Godinot.
Contents Paleogeography, paleobiogeography and anthropoid origins / Patricia A. Holroyd, Mary C. Maas -- Different meanings of a tarsoid-anthropoid clade and a new model of anthropoid origin / D. Tab Rasmussen -- Dental evidence for anthropoid origins / Richard F. Kay, Blythe A. Williams -- Function and fusion of the mandibular symphysis in primates: stiffness or strength / Matthew J. Ravosa, William L. Hylander -- Craniofacial evidence for anthropoid and tarsier relationships / Callum Ross -- Anatomy, antinomies and the problem of anthropoid origins / Matt Cartmill.
Contents Postcranial anatomy and the origin of the anthropoidea / Marian Dagosto, Daniel L. Gebo -- Primitive platyrrhines? Perspectives on anthropoid origins from platyrrhine, parapithecid and preanthropoid posteronia / Susan M. Ford -- Anthropoid origins: past, present and future / John G. Fleagle, Richard F. Kay.
General noteRevised papers from a conference held at Duke University, May 1992.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
LCCN 94043006
ISBN0306447916

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