Skip to main content

ETHNOS_APP

Home • Search • Journals • List 0

New fossils of the oldest North American euprimate Teilhardina brandti (Omomyidae) from the paleocene–eocene thermal maximum

Bibliographic Data

ID8317260
AuthorsK D Rose (0000-0003-0326-9171, Johns Hopkins University, corresponding author), Stephen G B Chester (0000-0002-6479-5741, Florida Museum of Natural History), Rachel H Dunn, Rachel Dunn (0000-0002-5441-8088, Johns Hopkins University), Doug M Boyer, Douglas Boyer (0000-0002-8697-2999, City University of New York), Jonathan I Bloch (0000-0003-1484-6931, Florida Museum of Natural History)
Year2011
Volume146
Issue2
Pages281-305
Publication date2011-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Physical Anthropology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0002-9483 • E-ISSN: 1096-8644
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/ajpa.21579
PMID21842495
OpenAlexW2075512185
LanguageEN
Citations received29
References cited57

More than 25 new specimens of Teilhardina brandti , one of the oldest known euprimates, are reported from earliest Eocene strata of the southern Bighorn Basin, Wyoming. The new fossils include the first upper dentitions, a dentary showing the lower dental formula for the first time, and the first postcrania ascribed to T. brandti (tarsals and terminal phalanges). The elongated navicular and long talar neck suggest that T. brandti was an active arboreal quadruped, and the terminal phalanges constitute the oldest evidence for nails in Euprimates. Phylogenetic analysis incorporating the new data indicates that T. brandti is more derived than T. belgica but less so than T. americana . The hypothesis that Teilhardina originated in Asia ( T. asiatica ) and dispersed westward to Europe ( T. belgica ) and then to North America ( T. brandti and T. magnoliana ) during the earliest Eocene Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum is most consistent with available evidence, including the relative age of fossil samples and their stage of evolution. Am J Phys Anthropol, 2011. © 2011 Wiley‐Liss, Inc

Arboreal locomotion · Belgica · Biology · Habitat · Phalanx · Structural basin · Amphibian and Reptile Biology · Anatomy · Ecology · Evolution and Paleontology Studies · Geology · Paleontology · Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

  • Quantitative Approaches to Phylogenetics

    Open Access•Kaila E Folinsbee, David C Evans et al.•Handbook of Paleoanthropology•2015

  • Quantitative Approaches to Phylogenetics

    Open Access•Kaila E Folinsbee, David C Evans et al.•Handbook of Paleoanthropology•2013

  • The oldest known primate skeleton and early haplorhine evolution

    Open Access•Xijun Ni, Daniel L Gebo et al.•Nature•2013

  • A diverse new omomyid primate fauna from the early Eocene of southern Wyoming with implications for interpreting macroevolutionary patterns among anaptomorphines

    Open Access•Parker D Rhinehart, Robert L Anemone et al.•Journal of Human Evolution•2026

  • Extinct Primates and What They Can Tell Us About Future Extinctions

    Open Access•Stephen R Frost•Annual Review of Anthropology•2025

  • Rethinking Primate Origins Again

    Open Access•Robert W Sussman, D Tab Rasmussen et al.•American Journal of Primatology•2013

  • Quantification of the position and depth of the flexor hallucis longus groove in euarchontans, with implications for the evolution of primate positional behavior

    Open Access•Gabriel S Yapuncich, Erik R Seiffert et al.•American Journal of Physical…•2017

  • Patterns of astragalar fibular facet orientation in extant and fossil primates and their evolutionary implications

    Open Access•Doug M Boyer, Douglas Boyer et al.•American Journal of Physical…•2013

  • Earliest record of Platychoerops (Primates, Plesiadapidae), a new species from Mouras Quarry, Mont de Berru, France

    Open Access•Doug M Boyer, Douglas Boyer et al.•American Journal of Physical…•2012

  • Additional postcranial elements of T eilhardina belgica

    Open Access•Daniel L Gebo, Richard Smith et al.•American Journal of Physical…•2015

  • Evolution of postural diversity in primates as reflected by the size and shape of the medial tibial facet of the talus

    Open Access•Doug M Boyer, Douglas Boyer et al.•American Journal of Physical…•2015

  • Predicting euarchontan body mass

    Open Access•Gabriel S Yapuncich, 雅秀 青木 et al.•American Journal of Physical…•2015

  • Hands of early primates

    Open Access•Doug M Boyer, Douglas Boyer et al.•American Journal of Physical…•2013

  • New fossils, systematics, and biogeography of the oldest known crown primate Teilhardina from the earliest Eocene of Asia, Europe, and North America

    Open Access•Paul E Morse, Stephen G B Chester et al.•Journal of Human Evolution•2019

  • First navicular remains of a European adapiform (Anchomomys frontanyensis) from the Middle Eocene of the Eastern Pyrenees (Catalonia, Spain)

    Open Access•Judit Marigó, Raef Minwer-Barakat et al.•Journal of Human Evolution•2020

  • Phalangeal morphology of Shanghuang fossil primates

    Open Access•Daniel L Gebo, Marian Dagosto et al.•Journal of Human Evolution•2017

  • Oldest evidence for grooming claws in euprimates

    Open Access•Doug M Boyer, Douglas Boyer et al.•Journal of Human Evolution•2018

  • Distal phalanges of Eosimias and Hoanghonius

    Open Access•Daniel L Gebo, K Christopher Beard et al.•Journal of Human Evolution•2015

  • Locomotion, postures, substrate use, and foot grasping in the marsupial feathertail glider Acrobates pygmaeus (Diprotodontia)

    Open Access•Dionisios Youlatos, Dimitra Moussa et al.•Journal of Human Evolution•2018

  • Early euprimates already had a diverse locomotor repertoire

    Open Access•Oriol Monclús-Gonzalo, Oriol Monclús‐gonzalo et al.•Journal of Human Evolution•2023

  • Postcrania of the most primitive euprimate and implications for primate origins

    Open Access•Doug M Boyer, Douglas Boyer et al.•Journal of Human Evolution•2017

  • Cranial anatomy of Paleogene Micromomyidae and implications for early primate evolution

    Open Access•Jonathan I Bloch, Stephen G B Chester et al.•Journal of Human Evolution•2016

  • Reconstruction of the locomotor repertoire of early primates in the light of astragalar and calcaneal shape

    Open Access•Oriol Monclús-Gonzalo, Oriol Monclús‐gonzalo et al.•Journal of Human Evolution•2025

  • Lost and found

    Open Access•Jeremiah E Scott•Journal of Human Evolution•2015

  • New specimens of middle Eocene omomyines (Primates, Omomyoidea) from the Uinta Basin of Utah and the Tornillo Basin of Texas, with clarification of the generic status of Ourayia, Mytonius, and Diablomomys

    Open Access•E Christopher Kirk, Rachel H Dunn et al.•Journal of Human Evolution•2023

  • New postcranial elements for the earliest Eocene fossil primate Teilhardina belgica

    Open Access•Daniel L Gebo, Thierry Smith et al.•Journal of Human Evolution•2012

  • New euprimate postcrania from the early Eocene of Gujarat, India, and the strepsirrhine-haplorhine divergence

    Open Access•Rachel H Dunn, Rachel Dunn et al.•Journal of Human Evolution•2016

  • Micro-computed tomography unveils anatomy of the oldest known plesiadapiform cranium

    Open Access•Jordan W Crowell, K Christopher Beard et al.•Journal of Human Evolution•2025

  • Systematics of Paleogene Micromomyidae (Euarchonta, Primates) from North America

    Stephen G B Chester, Jonathan I Bloch•Journal of Human Evolution•2013

  • Trends, Rhythms, and Aberrations in Global Climate 65 Ma to Present

    Open Access•James C Zachos, James Zachos et al.•Science•2001

  • New Paleocene skeletons and the relationship of plesiadapiforms to crown-clade primates

    Open Access•Jonathan I Bloch, M T Silcox et al.•Proceedings of the National…•2007

  • New views on primate origins

    Open Access•M Cartmill•Evolutionary Anthropology Issues…•1992

  • Functional and adaptive significance of primate pads and claws

    Open Access•Mark W Hamrick•American Journal of Physical…•1998

  • Fossil primate hands

    Open Access•Marc Godinot, K Christopher Beard•Human Evolution•1991

  • Problems of body-weight estimation in fossil primates

    Open Access•Glenn C Conroy•International Journal of…•1987

  • The volar skin of primates

    Open Access•M Cartmill•American Journal of Physical…•1979

  • Functional anatomy of the tarsier foot

    Open Access•Daniel L Gebo•American Journal of Physical…•1987

  • A shrew-sized origin for primates

    Open Access•Daniel L Gebo•American Journal of Physical…•2004

  • Skull of early EoceneCantius abditus (primates

    Open Access•K D Rose, R D E Macphee et al.•American Journal of Physical…•1999

  • Comparative morphometrics of the primate apical tuft

    Open Access•Erik S Mittra, Erik Mittra et al.•American Journal of Physical…•2007

  • Hindlimb adaptations in Ourayia and Chipetaia , relatively large‐bodied omomyine primates from the Middle Eocene of Utah

    Open Access•Rachel H Dunn, Rachel Dunn et al.•American Journal of Physical…•2006

  • Astragalar morphology of Afradapis , a large adapiform primate from the earliest late Eocene of Egypt

    Open Access•Doug M Boyer, Douglas Boyer et al.•American Journal of Physical…•2010

  • Nails and claws in primate evolution

    Open Access•Christophe Soligo, Alexandra E Müller•Journal of Human Evolution•1999

  • Description of new skeletal remains of the early Eocene anaptomorphine primate Absarokius (Omomyidae) and a discussion about its adaptive profile

    Open Access•Herbert H Covert, Mark W Hamrick•Journal of Human Evolution•1993

  • Relief index of second mandibular molars is a correlate of diet among prosimian primates and other euarchontan mammals

    Open Access•Doug M Boyer, Douglas Boyer•Journal of Human Evolution•2008

  • Implications of postcranial evidence for the origin of euprimates

    Open Access•Marian Dagosto•Journal of Human Evolution•1988

  • Ankle and foot morphology of Cantius mckennai

    Open Access•Herbert H Covert•Journal of Human Evolution•1988

  • Early euprimate hands in evolutionary perspective

    Open Access•Marc Godinot•Journal of Human Evolution•1992

  • New skeletal remains of Omomys(Primates, Omomyidae)

    Open Access•Robert L Anemone, Herbert H Covert•Journal of Human Evolution•2000

  • Early Eocene Primates from Gujarat, India

    Open Access•K D Rose, R S Rana et al.•Journal of Human Evolution•2009

  • Evolution of pedal grasping in Primates

    Open Access•Eric J Sargis, Doug M Boyer et al.•Journal of Human Evolution•2007

  • Additional postcranial remains of omomyid primates from the Uinta Formation, Utah and implications for the locomotor behavior of large-bodied omomyids

    Open Access•Rachel H Dunn, Rachel Dunn•Journal of Human Evolution•2010

Unique citing works29
Citations per year2,07
Citation span2012 - 2026 (15)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 29
Ethnos_APP • Open Source Project • MIT License • Frontend v2.0.0 • Privacy and Cookies • API Documentation: api.ethnos.app/docs • API Source Code: GitHub • DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17049435 • Frontend Source Code: GitHub • DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17050053 • cruz.rio.br • Expectantes Misericordiae