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The origins and the divergence times of the most basal lineages within primates have been difficult to resolve mainly due to the… Expand

BackgroundThe primates are among the most broadly studied mammalian orders, with the published literature containing extensive… Expand

The first third (ca. 1200 bp) of exon 1 of the nuclear gene encoding the interstitial retinoid-binding protein (IRBP) has been… Expand

Mammals are basically dichromatic in color vision, possessing middle to long wave-sensitive (M/LWS) and the short wave-sensitive… Expand

Taxa above the genus level that are referred to in the text are indicated here in boldface. Order Primates (63 Ma) Semiorder… Expand

A highly resolved primate cladogram based on DNA evidence is congruent with extant and fossil osteological evidence. A… Expand

Many changes in mammalian faunas occurred across the early (Wasatchian) to middle (Bridgerian) Eocene boundary as documented in… Expand

Our comparative study of morphological (our data on selected living primates) and molecular characters (from the literature… Expand

s.163 Introduction 5 Acknowledgments 166 Abbreviations.166 History of Investigations. 8 Taxonomy 70 Order Primates Linnaeus, 1758… Expand

An early Eocene skull of the paromomyid Phenacolemur, a plesiadapoid primate, is described with particular emphasis on the ear… Expand