| Phylogenetic and functional affinities of Babakotia (primates), a fossil lemur from northern Madagascar. | |
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PMID: 1924371 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
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Recent paleontological expeditions to the Ankarana range of northern Madagascar have recovered the partial remains of four individuals of a newly recognized extinct lemur, Babakotia radofilai. Craniodental and postcranial material serve to identify Babakotia as a member of the palaeopropithecids (also including the extinct genera Palaeopropithecus, Archaeoindris, and Mesopropithecus). Living indrids form the sister group to this fossil clade. The postcranial anatomy indicates that Babakotia was a medium-sized (approximately 15 kg) indroid whose inferred positional behaviors were primarily slow climbing and hanging. Although it is probable that a leaping component typified the ancestral positional repertoire of all Malagasy lemurs, the mosaic nature of the locomotor skeleton of Babakotia further suggests that vertical climbing and hang-feeding rather than ricochetal leaping were primitive for indrids and palaeopropithecids and that the dramatic saltatory adaptations of the living indrids postdate the divergence of these two lineages. |
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Authors:
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W L Jungers; L R Godfrey; E L Simons; P S Chatrath; B Rakotosamimanana |
Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Volume: 88 ISSN: 0027-8424 ISO Abbreviation: Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. Publication Date: 1991 Oct |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 1991-11-15 Completed Date: 1991-11-15 Revised Date: 2009-11-18 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 7505876 Medline TA: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A Country: UNITED STATES |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 9082-6 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Department of Anatomical Sciences, State University of New York, Stony Brook 11794-8081. |
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Animals Bone and Bones / anatomy & histology Dentition Fossils* Lemur / anatomy & histology, genetics* Madagascar Maxilla / anatomy & histology Phylogeny* Primates / genetics* |
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