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Scapula ofApidium phiomense: A Small Anthropoid from the Oligocene of Egypt

 

作者: Fred Anapol,  

 

期刊: Folia Primatologica  (Karger Available online 1983)
卷期: Volume 40, issue 1-2  

页码: 11-31

 

ISSN:0015-5713

 

年代: 1983

 

DOI:10.1159/000156089

 

出版商: S. Karger AG

 

关键词: Apidium phiomense;Fayum;Oligocene;Primate paleontology;Scapula;Anthropoid

 

数据来源: Karger

 

摘要:

A scapular fragment from the Upper Fossil Wood Zone, Quarry I, Fayum Depression, Egypt, is assigned to the taxon Apidium phiomense. This animal may have approximated the size of Galago crassicaudatus or Nycticebus coucang, as predicted by regressing body weight on glenoid surface area and fossa length for an assortment of living primates. Morphometric values for spinoglenoid, axilloglenoid, and axillospinal angles indicate locomotor affinities of A. phiomense with colobine monkeys. Other nonmetric traits align the fossil with Saimiri sciureus, probably its closest behavioral analogue. A. phiomense is thus characterized as an arboreal quadruped with a locomotor repertoire that includes a considerable amount of leaping and the use of forelimbs for clinging and/or suspending during landing.

 

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