A diverse new primate fauna from middle Eocene fissure-fillings in southeastern China

作者: K. Christopher Beard , Tao Qi , Mary R. Dawson , Banyue Wang , Chuankuei Li

DOI: 10.1038/368604A0

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摘要: We report the discovery of a fauna primates from Eocene (˜45 Myr) deposits in China having diversity greater than European and North American localities similar antiquity. From many forms that will illuminate questions primate phylogeny comes evidence for basal radiation primitive simians.

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