A DIVERSE NEW PRIMATE FAUNA FROM MIDDLE EOCENE FISSURE-FILLINGS IN SOUTHEASTERN CHINA

被引:146
作者
BEARD, KC [1 ]
QI, T [1 ]
DAWSON, MR [1 ]
WANG, BY [1 ]
LI, CK [1 ]
机构
[1] ACAD SINICA, INST VERTEBRATE PALEONTOL & PALEOANTHROPOL, BEIJING 100044, PEOPLES R CHINA
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10.1038/368604a0
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
We report the discovery of a fauna of primates from Eocene (approximately 45 Myr) deposits in China having a diversity greater than in European and North American localities of similar antiquity. From the many forms that will illuminate questions of primate phylogeny comes evidence for a basal radiation of primitive simians.
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页码:604 / 609
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