Title: Fossil primates /
Authors: Cachel, Susan, 1949-
Year: 2014
Subjects: Primates, Fossil
Abstract: Reconstructing the paleobiology of fossil non-human primates, this book draws a detailed picture of ancient primate communities, including contemporary animals and plants.
Contents: 1. Introduction: primates in evolutionary time -- 2. Primate taxonomy -- 3. Fossils and fossilization -- 4. The world of the past -- 5. The lifeways of extinct animals -- 6. Evolutionary processes and the pattern of primate evolution -- 7. Primate origins -- 8. The Paleocene primate radiation -- 9. The Eocene primate radiation -- 10. The Malagasy primate radiation -- 11. The Oligocene bottleneck -- 12. Rise of the anthropoids -- 13. The platyrrhine radiation -- 14. The Miocene hominoid radiation -- 15. The cercopithecoid radiation -- 16. Late Cenozoic climate changes -- 17. Conclusions.