Size distributions of living and fossil primate faunas
- 1 January 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Paleobiology
- Vol. 4 (1) , 67-76
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0094837300005698
Abstract
Size distributions, based on molar length, are presented for various groups of living and fossil primates. I examine (1) the extent to which particular taxonomic groups with distinctive morphological and behavioral attributes are characterized by distinctive size ranges or distributions and (2) the way in which size ranges and distributions are affected by the presence or absence of other primates within the same geographical area and time. Distinctive behavioral and ecological “adaptive zones” are characterized by distinctive size ranges and behavioral and morphological parallelism or convergence among living and fossil primate taxa usually results in similar size distributions.This publication has 37 references indexed in Scilit:
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