Project 684: X. Ni, Y. Wang, Y. Hu, C. Li. 2004. A euprimate skull from the early Eocene of China. Nature. 427 (6969):65-68.
Abstract
The debut of undoubted euprimates (primates of modern aspect) was in the early Eocene, about 55 Myr ago. Since their first appearance, the earliest euprimates can be distinguished as Cantius, Donrussellia and Teilhardina. Nonetheless, the earliest euprimates are primarily known from isolated teeth or fragmentary jaws. Here we describe a partially preserved euprimate skull with nearly complete upper and lower dentition, which represents a new species of Teilhardina and constitutes the first discovery of the genus in Asia. The new species is from the upper section of Lingcha Formation, Hunan Province, China, with an estimated age of 54.97 Myr ago. Morphology and phylogeny analyses reveal that the new species is the most primitive species of Teilhardina, positioned near the root of euprimate radiation. This discovery of the earliest euprimate skull known to date casts new light on the debate concerning the adaptive origin of euprimates, and suggests that the last common ancestor of euprimates was probably a small, diurnal, visually oriented predator.Read the article »
Project DOI: 10.7934/P684, http://dx.doi.org/10.7934/P684
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08 March 2012 - Publication Date:
21 August 2013 - Project views: 50315
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Authors' Institutions
- City University of New York
- American Museum of Natural History
- Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP), CAS
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Taxonomic Overview for Matrix 'M1587' (52 Taxa)
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[1] Scandentia Last Modified in 12/05/13 | 3 | 309 | 292 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
[2] † Plesiadapis/Pronothodectes Last Modified in 12/05/13 | 23 | 260 | 258 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
[3] † Purgatorius unio Last Modified in 12/05/13 | 162 | 141 | 141 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
[4] † Plesiolestes problematicus Last Modified in 12/05/13 | 126 | 175 | 174 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
[5] † Chronolestes simul Last Modified in 12/05/13 | 112 | 186 | 186 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
[6] † Adapis parisiensis Last Modified in 12/05/13 | 19 | 281 | 279 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
[7] † Notharctus sp. Last Modified in 12/05/13 | 49 | 283 | 253 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
[8] † Donrussellia sp. Last Modified in 12/05/13 | 154 | 155 | 146 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
[9] † Leptadapis magnus Last Modified in 12/05/13 | 79 | 221 | 220 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
[10] † Mahgarita stevensi Last Modified in 12/05/13 | 95 | 201 | 198 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
[11] † Pronycticebus gaudryi Last Modified in 12/05/13 | 112 | 190 | 189 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
[12] Galagoides demidoff Last Modified in 12/05/13 | 5 | 286 | 286 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
[13] Lemur catta Last Modified in 12/05/13 | 2 | 289 | 289 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
[14] Microcebus murinus Last Modified in 12/05/13 | 4 | 282 | 282 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
[15] † Absarokius sp. Last Modified in 12/05/13 | 126 | 182 | 172 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
[16] † Uintanius ameghini Last Modified in 12/05/13 | 147 | 158 | 153 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
[17] † Anaptomorphus sp. Last Modified in 12/05/13 | 156 | 146 | 139 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
[18] † Anemorhysis savagei Last Modified in 12/05/13 | 194 | 111 | 106 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
[19] † Arapahovius gazini Last Modified in 12/05/13 | 115 | 196 | 185 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
[20] † Aycrossia lovei Last Modified in 12/05/13 | 139 | 167 | 158 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
[21] † Dyseolemur pacificus Last Modified in 12/05/13 | 121 | 183 | 180 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
[22] † Hemiacodon gracilis Last Modified in 12/05/13 | 87 | 228 | 213 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
[23] † Loveina zephyri Last Modified in 12/05/13 | 156 | 154 | 145 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
[24] † Macrotarsius montanus Last Modified in 12/05/13 | 201 | 103 | 101 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
[25] † Microchoerus erinaceus Last Modified in 12/05/13 | 91 | 206 | 204 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
[26] † Nannopithex sp. Last Modified in 12/05/13 | 109 | 195 | 188 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
[27] † Necrolemur antiquus Last Modified in 12/05/13 | 51 | 248 | 243 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
[28] † Omomys sp. Last Modified in 12/05/13 | 85 | 227 | 216 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
[29] † Pseudoloris parvulus Last Modified in 12/05/13 | 125 | 175 | 172 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
[30] † Rooneyia viejaensis Last Modified in 12/05/13 | 203 | 102 | 98 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
[31] † Shoshonius cooperi Last Modified in 12/05/13 | 100 | 215 | 200 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
[32] † Steinius vespertinus Last Modified in 12/05/13 | 148 | 162 | 153 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
[33] † Teilhardina americana Last Modified in 12/05/13 | 132 | 186 | 170 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
[34] † Teilhardina belgica Last Modified in 12/05/13 | 145 | 169 | 157 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
[35] † Teilhardina asiatica Last Modified in 12/05/13 | 112 | 201 | 189 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
[36] † Altanius orlovi Last Modified in 12/05/13 | 144 | 164 | 158 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
[37] † Tetonius sp. Last Modified in 12/05/13 | 93 | 224 | 207 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
[38] † Tetonoides sp. Last Modified in 12/05/13 | 151 | 165 | 149 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
[39] † Trogolemur myodes Last Modified in 12/05/13 | 151 | 150 | 147 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
[40] † Washakius insignis Last Modified in 12/05/13 | 124 | 190 | 178 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
[41] † Eosimias sp. Last Modified in 12/05/13 | 110 | 196 | 191 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
[42] Tarsius sp. Last Modified in 12/05/13 | 6 | 293 | 290 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
[43] † Aegyptopithecus zeuxis Last Modified in 12/05/13 | 48 | 242 | 242 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
[44] † Apidium phiomense Last Modified in 12/05/13 | 47 | 252 | 249 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
[45] † Catopithecus browni Last Modified in 12/05/13 | 61 | 231 | 231 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
[46] † Parapithecus grangeri Last Modified in 12/05/13 | 144 | 156 | 155 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
[47] Aotus trivirgatus Last Modified in 12/05/13 | 4 | 296 | 288 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
[48] Callicebus moloch Last Modified in 12/05/13 | 3 | 292 | 290 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
[49] † Dolichocebus gaimanensis Last Modified in 12/05/13 | 160 | 135 | 135 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
[50] Saimiri sciureus Last Modified in 12/05/13 | 3 | 297 | 290 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
[51] † Proteopithecus sylviae Last Modified in 12/05/13 | 142 | 160 | 159 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
[52] † Strigorhysis sp. Last Modified in 12/05/13 | 148 | 154 | 148 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
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