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

Authors
BEARD KC QI T DAWSON MR WANG BY LI CK
Citation
Kc. Beard et al., A DIVERSE NEW PRIMATE FAUNA FROM MIDDLE EOCENE FISSURE-FILLINGS IN SOUTHEASTERN CHINA, Nature, 368(6472), 1994, pp. 604-609
Citations number
50
Categorie Soggetti
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Journal title
Nature → ACNP
ISSN journal
00280836
Volume
368
Issue
6472
Year of publication
1994
Pages
604 - 609
Database
ISI
SICI code
0028-0836(1994)368:6472<604:ADNPFF>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
We report the discovery of a fauna of primates from Eocene (approximat ely 45 Myr) deposits in China having a diversity greater than in Europ ean and North American localities of similar antiquity. From the many forms that will illuminate questions of primate phylogeny comes eviden ce for a basal radiation of primitive simians.