Szalay / Delson Evolutionary History of the Primates

1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-4832-8925-0
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, 580 Seiten, Web PDF

Evolutionary History of the Primates presents a documentation and analysis of the fossil record and evolutionary history of the primates to facilitate the understanding of the genealogy, adaptations, dispersal, and taxonomy of the order. The book consists of 13 chapters; each chapter is devoted to a specific genera or higher taxa of primates. The chapters contain available information on the morphology, relationships, and adaptations of primate groups. The book clarifies discussed points or documents interpretations, and it indicates the type of fossil material available for each taxon. The text will be valuable to many researchers and students who need a source of data and interpretations about fossil primates.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Szalay, Frederick S.

Delson, Eric

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Front Cover;1
2;Evolutionary History of the Primates;4
3;Copyright Page;5
4;Table of Contents;6
5;PREFACE;14
6;Acknowledgments;15
7;EVOLUTIONARY HISTORY OF THE PRIMATES;16
8;INTRODUCTION;18
9;CHAPTER 1. ORDER PRIMATES;40
10;DISCUSSION;40
11;CHAPTER 2. SUBORDER PLESIADAPIFORMES;52
12;DISCUSSION;52
13;CHAPTER 3. SUPERFAMILY PAROMOMYOIDEA;56
13.1;DISCUSSION;56
13.2;PURGATORIUS Van Valen and Sloan, 1965;58
13.3;PALAECHTHON Gidley, 1923;61
13.4;PLESIOLESTES Jepsen, 1930b;64
13.5;PALENOCHTHA Simpson, 1937;66
13.6;PAROMOMYS Gidley, 1923;68
13.7;IGNACIUS Matthew and Granger, 1921;68
13.8;PHENACOLEMUR Matthew, 1915;74
13.9;MICROMOMYS Szalay, 1973;78
13.10;TINIMOMYS Szalay, 1974b;78
13.11;NAVAJOVIUS Matthew and Granger, 1921;82
13.12;BERRUVIUS Russell, 1964;84
13.13;PICRODUS Douglass, 1908;85
14;CHAPTER 4. SUPERFAMILY PLESIADAPOIDEA;89
14.1;Family Plesiadapidae Trouessart, 1897;89
14.2;Family Saxonellidae Russell, 1964;106
14.3;Family Carpolestidae Simpson, 1935b;108
15;CHAPTER 5. SUBORDER STREPSIRHINI;116
16;CHAPTER 6. Infraorder Adapiformes, new;122
16.1;Family Adapidae Trouessart, 1879;122
16.2;Family Adapidae, incertae sedis;162
17;CHAPTER 7. Infraorder Lemuriformes Gregory, 1915b;166
17.1;SUPERFAMILY LEMUROIDEA Gray, 1821;166
17.2;Family Lemuridae Gray, 1821;169
17.3;Family Megaladapidae Flower and Lydekker, 1891;174
18;CHAPTER 8. SUPERFAMILY INDRIOIDEA;178
18.1;Family Indriidae Burnett, 1828;178
18.2;Family Daubentoniidae Gray, 1863;181
18.3;Family Archaeolemuridae Major, 1896;182
18.4;Family Palaeopropithecidae Tattersall, 1973;187
19;CHAPTER 9. SUPERFAMILY LORISOIDEA;193
19.1;Family Cheirogaleidae Gray, 1872;193
19.2;Family Lorisidae Gray, 1821;194
20;CHAPTER 10. SUBORDER HAPLORHINI;206
21;CHAPTER 11. Infraorder Tarsiiformes;216
21.1;Family Omomyidae Trouessart, 1879;225
21.2;SUBFAMILY ANAPTOMORPHINAE Cope, 1883;226
21.3;SUBTRIBE TEILHARDININA Quinet, 1964;226
21.4;SUBFAMILY OMOMYINAE Trouessart, 1879;247
21.5;Tribe Rooneyiini Szalay, 1976;271
21.6;SUBFAMILY EKGMOWECHASHALINAE Szalay, 1976;274
21.7;SUBFAMILY MICROCHOERINAE Lydekker, 1887;275
22;CHAPTER 11. Family Omomyidae, incertae sedis;286
22.1;DONRUSSELLIA Szalay, 1976;286
22.2;HOANGHONIUS Zdansky, 1930;286
22.3;TARSIUS Storr, 1780;288
23;CHAPTER 12. Infraorder Platyrrhini;292
23.1;SAIMIRI Voigt, 1831;299
23.2;NEOSAIMIRI Stirton, 1951;300
23.3;DOLICHOCEBUS Kraglievich, 1951;300
23.4;BRANISELLA Hoffstetter, 1969;303
23.5;STIRTONIA Hershkovitz, 1970a;308
23.6;CEBUPITHECIA Stirton and Savage, 1951;310
23.7;XENOTHRIX Williams and Koopman, 1952;313
23.8;HOMUNCULUS Ameghino, 1891;315
23.9;TREMACEBUS Hershkovitz, 1974a;316
24;CHAPTER 13. Infraorder Catarrhini;320
24.1;SUPERFAMILY PARAPITHECOIDEA;324
24.2;SUPERFAMILY CERCOPITHECOIDEA;337
24.3;SUBFAMILY CERCOPITHECINAE;344
24.4;SUBTRIBE THEROPITHECINA;390
24.5;SUBFAMILY COLOBINAE;399
24.6;SUBTRIBE COLOBINA;402
24.7;SUBTRIBE SEMNOPITHECINA;418
24.8;SUPERFAMILY HOMINOIDEA;451
24.9;SUBFAMILY HYLOBATINAE;479
24.10;SUBFAMILY PONGINAE;483
24.11;SUBFAMILY HOMININAE;511
25;REFERENCES;542
26;GLOSSARY;574
27;SYSTEMATIC INDEX;586