2 Fossils (Lab)

Question 1

All known fossil primates lived in the

Answer 1

Cenozoic era

Question 2

Cenozoic era is divided into the

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Paleogene and Neogene periods

Question 3

Primates probably originated sometime near the end of the

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Mesozoic era

Question 4

first definite primates in the fossil record appear at the beginning of the

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Eocene epoch ~ 56 MYA

Question 5

earliest records of anthropoid primates come from (2 place and times)

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Asia in the Middle Eocene and North Africa in the Late Eocene

Question 6

Apes underwent a large

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adaptive radiation in the Early Miocene (~23-17 MA) of Afro-Arabia

Question 7

OMOMYOIDS (2)

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Rooneyia and Necrolemur

Question 8

Rooneyia (4)

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Late Eocene
complete postorbital bars
frugivorous
diurnal

Question 9

Necrolemur (4)

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Late Eocene
frugivorous
leaping ability
nocturnal

Question 10

ADAPOIDS (2)

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Adapis and Smilodectes

Question 11

Adapis (4)

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Late Eocene

folivorous (Well-developed molar shearing
crests and a body size above Kay’s Threshold)

diurnal

slow-moving, non-leaping arboreal quadrupedalism

Question 12

Smilodectes (3)

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Middle Eocene
folivory
quadrupedal leaping

Question 13

ANTHROPOIDS: CATARRHINES (3)

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Catopithecus
Aegyptopithecus
Mesopithecus

Question 14

Catopithecus (4)

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Late Eocene
arboreal quadrupedal habits
fused metopic suture of the frontal bone complete postorbital closure

Question 15

Aegyptopithecus (4)

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sexually dimorphic
frugivorous + leaves
complete postorbital closure.
arboreal quadruped

Question 16

Mesopithecus (3)

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late Miocene and Pliocene
bilophodont molars
partially terrestrial

Question 17

HOMINOIDS (2)

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Proconsul

Sivapithecus

Question 18

Proconsul (4)

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canines are large and sexually dimorphic
absence of a tail
arboreal quadrupedal monkeys
limited suspensory behaviors

Question 19

Sivapithecus (3)

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close relationship to living orangutans
molars with rounded cusps and thick enamel
arboreal quadrupedalism