Publications [#313970] of Elwyn L. Simons

Papers Published

1. ER Miller and EL Simons, Dentition of Proteopithecus sylviae, an archaic anthropoid from the Fayum, Egypt., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, vol. 94 no. 25 (1997), pp. 13760-13764, ISSN 0027-8424 [9391100]
   (last updated on 2016/07/08)

   Abstract:
   Proteopithecus sylviae is an archaic anthropoid from the late Eocene quarry L-41, Fayum Province, Egypt. The dentition of Proteopithecus is very primitive and does not closely resemble that of other, better known, primates from the Fayum (e.g., parapithecids and propliopithecids). The dental morphology, much of which is described herein, shows a platyrrhine-like level of organization, suggesting that P. sylviae may occupy a position near the base of the modern anthropoid radiation.