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The Placental Mammal Ancestor and the Post–K-Pg Radiation of Placentals
- Maureen A. OLeary, J. Bloch, +20 authors Andrea L. Cirranello
- Biology, Medicine
- Science
- 8 February 2013
Let There Be Mammals The timing of the evolution and radiation of placental mammals and their most recent common ancestor has long been debated, with many questions surrounding the relationships of… Expand
The primate semicircular canal system and locomotion
- F. Spoor, T. Garland, G. Krovitz, T. Ryan, M. Silcox, A. Walker
- Biology, Medicine
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- 26 June 2007
The semicircular canal system of vertebrates helps coordinate body movements, including stabilization of gaze during locomotion. Quantitative phylogenetically informed analysis of the radius of… Expand
New Paleocene skeletons and the relationship of plesiadapiforms to crown-clade primates
- J. Bloch, M. Silcox, D. Boyer, E. Sargis
- Biology, Medicine
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- 23 January 2007
Plesiadapiforms are central to studies of the origin and evolution of primates and other euarchontan mammals (tree shrews and flying lemurs). We report results from a comprehensive cladistic analysis… Expand
Semicircular canal system in early primates.
Mammals with more rapid and agile locomotion have larger semicircular canals relative to body mass than species that move more slowly. Measurements of semicircular canals in extant mammals with known… Expand
The semicircular canal system and locomotion: The case of extinct lemuroids and lorisoids
- A. W. Walker, T. Ryan, M. Silcox, E. Simons, F. Spoor
- Biology
- 1 May 2008
Paleontologists reconstruct the locomotor and postural behavior of extinct species by analogy with living forms and biomechanical analyses. In rare cases, behavioral evidence such as footprints can… Expand
A phylogenetic analysis of the plesiadapiformes and their relationship to euprimates and other archontans
- M. Silcox
- Biology
- 2001
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Evolution of pedal grasping in Primates.
a Department of Anthropology, Yale University; Division of Vertebrate Zoology, Peabody Museum of Natural History, USA b Department of Anatomical Science, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY… Expand
Virtual endocast of Ignacius graybullianus (Paromomyidae, Primates) and brain evolution in early primates
- M. Silcox, Claire K. Dalmyn, J. Bloch
- Biology, Medicine
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- 7 July 2009
Extant primates are distinctive among mammals in having relatively large brains. As stem primates, Paleogene plesiadapiforms provide direct information relevant to the earliest stages in the… Expand
1 Primate Origins and Supraordinal Relationships: Morphological Evidence
There are five major scenarios that have been advanced to account for the early events in the origination of the order Primates: a transition from terrestriality to arboreality, the adoption of a… Expand