Keywords:
Primates -- Evolution.
;
Primates, Fossil -- South America.
;
Primates, Fossil -- Caribbean Area.
;
Electronic books.
Description / Table of Contents:
The Platyrrhine Fossil Record is a compendium of papers presented in a symposium of the 12th Congress of the International Congress of Primatology held in Brazil. One paper reviews evidence from fossil platyrrhines where the author concludes new dating and environmental data where these animals lived. Another paper describes the major changes pertaining to South American mammalian fauna during the Cenozoic Era, which he relates to global and regional geotectonic changes. Other papers review the paleontology and geology of the Miocene Pintura Formation and reassess the morphological transformations traditionally assumed as having been involved in platyrrhine phylogeny. One author also proposes that a prosimian-like ancestor is probably the predecessors of anthropoids; any similarities and primitive mammals can be evolutionary reversals associated with quadrupedal movements. The text also addresses the issue whether anthropoids, including platyrrhines, evolved from a prosimian ancestor or prosimians are just a group with mammalian postcranial skeletal structure. One author also reviews fossil remains found in the Caribbean, citing seven endemic taxa of platyrrhines in Cuba, Hispaniola, and Jamaica. Anthropologists, researchers involved in anatomical sciences, academicians, and administrators whose works are connected with museums of natural history or institutes of primate research will find this collection valuable.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (259 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9781483267074
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=1839554
DDC:
569.8
Language:
English
Note:
Front Cover -- The Platyrrhine Fossil Record -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Contributors -- Preface -- References -- Chapter 1. Chronology of Cenozoic primate localities in South America -- Introduction -- Construction of a geological time-scale -- Revised chronology of Cenozoic primate localities in South America -- Paleobiogeographic implications: when and where did platyrrhines originate? -- Thoughts on ancient platyrrhine environments -- Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 2. Evolving climates and mammal faunas in Cenozoic South America -- Introduction -- Methodology -- Results and discussion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 3. New fossil platyrrhines from the Pinturas Formation, southern Argentina -- Introduction -- The Pinturas Formation -- The vertebrate fauna -- Systematic paleontology -- Comparisons with other Argentine fossil primates -- Relationships of the Pinturas primates to extant platyrrhines -- Discussion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 4. Sedimentary paleoenvironments of fossil platyrrhine localities, Miocene Pinturas Formation, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina -- Introduction -- Stratigraphy -- Sedimentology and paleoclimate -- Accumulation of vertebrate fossils -- Correlation of Pinturas platyrrhine localities -- Reconstruction of the Pinturas section and restoration of the Pinturas holostrome -- Age and correlation of Pinturas Formation -- Resumen -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 5. Models for the origin of the anthropoid postcranium -- Introduction -- Prosimian and anthropoid postcranial morphology -- Categorization of features -- Discussion -- Further testing -- Summary -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 6. Locomotor adaptations of fossil platyrrhines -- Introduction -- Methods and materials.
,
Postcranial remains of extinct platyrrhines-description and analysis -- Discussion -- Summary and conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 7. The phyletic relationships of extant and fossil Pitheciinae (Platyrrhini, Anthropoidea -- Introduction -- Possible fossil pitheciines -- Concluding comments -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 8. The fossil record of callitrichine primates -- Introduction -- Methods -- Analysis of fossil taxa -- Summary and conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 9. Platyrrhine evolution in the West Indies -- Introduction -- Overview by island and site -- Discussion -- Acknowledgements -- References.
Permalink
