ANTHROP 3409 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Altiatlasius, Azibius, Mandibular Symphysis

• School: Ohio State University
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: ANTHROP 3409
• Professor: Mc Graw William

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Notharctids: early and middle eocene of western north america, cantius, small to medium sized, dental formula = 2. 1. 4. 3. Sivaladapids: sivaladapis, fairly large (3 kg) with dental formula of 2. 1. 3. 3; folivorous; simple upper molars with no hypocone, indraloris, sexually dimorphic in size, sinoadapis, first appear in eocene of asia, paukkaungia and kyitchaungia = active quadrupedalism and leaping. Other asian adapoids: bugtilemur, originally described as part of radiation of malagasy lemurs, muangthanhinius, lacks dental tooth comb, sulaimanius, amphipithecids = eocene of myanmar and thailand. Pakistan: nycticeboides simpsoni, microloris pilbeami = tiny fossil loris (50 grams, ?nycticebus longlomi. Omomyoids: earliest eocene of asia, europe and north america, north america = anaptomorphinae and omomyinae, europe = microchoeridae. Small, nocturnal, insectivorous; more generalized limbs: omomys carteri. 230 grams; nocturnal; insectivorous; generalized quadruped and leaping: rooneyia viejaensis. 400 grams; diurnal; frugivorous; relatively large braincase: microchoerids, early eocene through the beginning of the oligocene of western europe, melaneremia, pseudoloris, tiny (50 120 g. ); faunivorous.