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Evolutionary History of the Primates
About this book
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.
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Print ISBN
9780126801507
Subtopic
MicroeconomicsTable of contents
- Front Cover
- Evolutionary History of the Primates
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- PREFACE
- Acknowledgments
- EVOLUTIONARY HISTORY OF THE PRIMATES
- INTRODUCTION
- CHAPTER 1. ORDER PRIMATES
- DISCUSSION
- CHAPTER 2. SUBORDER PLESIADAPIFORMES
- DISCUSSION
- CHAPTER 3. SUPERFAMILY PAROMOMYOIDEA
- CHAPTER 4. SUPERFAMILY PLESIADAPOIDEA
- CHAPTER 5. SUBORDER STREPSIRHINI
- CHAPTER 6. Infraorder Adapiformes, new
- CHAPTER 7. Infraorder Lemuriformes Gregory, 1915b
- CHAPTER 8. SUPERFAMILY INDRIOIDEA
- CHAPTER 9. SUPERFAMILY LORISOIDEA
- CHAPTER 10. SUBORDER HAPLORHINI
- CHAPTER 11. Infraorder Tarsiiformes
- CHAPTER 11. Family Omomyidae, incertae sedis
- CHAPTER 12. Infraorder Platyrrhini
- CHAPTER 13. Infraorder Catarrhini
- REFERENCES
- GLOSSARY
- SYSTEMATIC INDEX
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