Platyrrhine Fossil Record (eBook)

John G. Fleagle, Alfred L. Rosenberger (Herausgeber)

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2013 | 1. Auflage
256 Seiten
Elsevier Science (Verlag)
978-1-4832-6707-4 (ISBN)

Infos

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.

Inhalt

Front Cover 1
The Platyrrhine Fossil Record 2
Copyright Page 3
Table of Contents 4
Contributors 5
Preface 6
References 11
Chapter 1. Chronology of Cenozoic primate localities in South America 12
Introduction 12
Construction of a geological time-scale 13
Revised chronology of Cenozoic primate localities in South America 15
Paleobiogeographic implications: when and where did platyrrhines originate? 21
Thoughts on ancient platyrrhine environments 23
Conclusions 24
Acknowledgments 24
References 25
Chapter 2. 
28 
Introduction 28
Methodology 30
Results and discussion 33
Acknowledgements 57
References 58
Chapter 3. 
66 
Introduction 66
The Pinturas Formation 66
The vertebrate fauna 68
Systematic paleontology 69
Comparisons with other Argentine fossil primates 84
Relationships of the Pinturas primates to extant platyrrhines 86
Discussion 87
Acknowledgements 89
References 89
Chapter 4. Sedimentary paleoenvironments of fossil platyrrhine localities, Miocene Pinturas Formation, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina 92
Introduction 92
Stratigraphy 99
Sedimentology and paleoclimate 105
Accumulation of vertebrate fossils 113
Correlation of Pinturas platyrrhine localities 114
Reconstruction of the Pinturas section and restoration of the Pinturas holostrome 118
Age and correlation of Pinturas Formation 120
Resumen 121
Acknowledgements 122
References 122
Chapter 5. 
126 
Introduction 126
Prosimian and anthropoid postcranial morphology 129
Categorization of features 138
Discussion 140
Further testing 141
Summary 142
Acknowledgements 143
References 143
Chapter 6. Locomotor adaptations of fossil platyrrhines 146
Introduction 146
Methods and materials 148
Postcranial remains of extinct platyrrhines—description and analysis 154
Discussion 170
Summary and conclusions 174
Acknowledgements 175
References 175
Chapter 7. 
180 
Introduction 180
Possible fossil pitheciines 196
Concluding comments 210
Acknowledgements 211
References 212
Chapter 8. 
214 
Introduction 214
Methods 215
Analysis of fossil taxa 218
Summary and conclusions 237
Acknowledgements 239
References 239
Chapter 9. 
242 
Introduction 242
Overview by island and site 242
Discussion 254
Acknowledgements 257
References 257

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 17.9.2013
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Mineralogie / Paläontologie
• Themenwelt: Technik
• ISBN-10: 1-4832-6707-5 / 1483267075
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4832-6707-4 / 9781483267074