Two distal humeral fragments are described from the middle Eocene Shanghuang fissures (southern Jiangsu Province, China). These specimens provide the first evidence of forelimb morphology among Shanghuang primates. One specimen belongs to an adapiform strepsirhine primate that is morphologically similar to European adapines, while the other pertains to a small haplorhine primate having numerous features in common with North American omomyids. Both fossils exhibit classic primate elbow adaptations that are functionally related to arboreality and climbing.
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1 January 2007
Primate Humeral Remains from the Middle Eocene of China
Daniel L. Gebo,
Marian Dagosto,
K. Christopher Beard,
Xijun Ni,
Tao Qi
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Bulletin of Carnegie Museum of Natural History
Vol. 2007 • No. 39
December 2007
Vol. 2007 • No. 39
December 2007