ANTH 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Omomyidae, Faiyum Oasis, Apidium
6 Aug 2020
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Plesiadapidae sometimes referred to as eoprimates; primate-like characteristics but not primates. Adapidae similar to modern lemurs and loris". Omomyidae split into tarsiers and earliest monkeys. Arboreal means life up in the trees. Larger eyes are one adaptation to nocturnal animals eye orbits are larger) Quadrupedal (foramen magnum at base off skull where skull sits on top of spinal column) Good place to look in order to determine whether bipedal or not. Looking at teeth can help determine the animals diet. 1st true primates appear in the fossil record. Generalized dentition: no emphasis on one particular type of tooth over another. Fayum depression, egypt: located west of the nile river in the sahara desert. Parapithecidae (2. 1. 3. 3) (found in egypt as well) Not the common ancestor to the nwm because they are not found in the modern. Dental formula shows type and number of teeth in one quarter of the mouth.
