Complete primate skeleton from the Middle Eocene of Messel in Germany: morphology and paleobiology

The best European locality for complete Eocene mammal skeletons is Grube Messel, near Darmstadt, Germany. Although the site was surrounded by a para-tropical rain forest in the Eocene, primates are remarkably rare there, and only eight fragmentary specimens were known until now. Messel has now yield...

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Veröffentlicht in:	PloS one 2009-05, Vol.4 (5), p.e5723-e5723
Hauptverfasser:	Franzen, Jens L, Gingerich, Philip D, Habersetzer, Jörg, Hurum, Jørn H, von Koenigswald, Wighart, Smith, B Holly
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aging Animals Body Weight Bone and Bones - anatomy & histology Bone and Bones - diagnostic imaging Bones Diet Digestive tract Eocene Evolution Evolutionary Biology Evolutionary Biology/Human Evolution Evolutionary Biology/Paleontology Forests Fossils Gastrointestinal tract Germany History, Ancient Life history Locomotion Morphology Museums Oligocene Organ Specificity Paleobiology Paleontology Phylogenetics Phylogeny Physical anthropology Primates Primates - anatomy & histology Principal Component Analysis Radiography Rain Rain forests Rainforests Reptiles & amphibians Saimiri Saimiri sciureus Tarsius bancanus Teeth Tooth - embryology Tropical forests Weaning X-Ray Microtomography
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