Publisher:
Ann Arbor: Museum of Paleontology Univ. of Michigan, 1989. First edition
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
13942028852
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pp. vii, (1), 157; 58 text-figures (fine line-drawings of skulls, jaws and teeth, maps, geological time diagrams, phylogenies and bivariate plots). Original gray pictorial stiff wrappers, lettered in white on the spine and front cover, 4to. University of Michigan Papers on Paleontology no. 27. This major monograph provides evidence the Plesiadapiforms are not related to euprimates (primates of modern aspect). Plesiadapiforms are actually more closely related to the fossil "dermopterans" (Plagiomenidae) than either is to euprimates. The work also concludes that the Microsyopoidea are more closely related to Plesiadapiforms than they are to euprimates. Thus, the Microsyopoidea are not considered a member of the primate order. No ownership marks and no signs of use. A fine (new) copy.
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Very Good. 1989 first edition, Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan (Ann Harbor, Mich) 8 1/2 x 11 inches tall paperbound in slick gray pictorial cover, copiously illustrated with black-and-white photographs and drawings, viii, 157 pp. Slight soiling, rubbing and edgewear to covers, with very slight 'cover curl' to the fore edge of the front cover. Prior owner's name to top margin of half title page. Otherwise, a very good copy-clean, bright and unmarked-of this uncommon title. ~WW~ Contents: Abstract; Introduction; Stratigraphy and Biochronology; Paleocene Plesiadapiformes of the Superfamilies Microsyopoidea and Plesiadapoidea; History and Origins of Eocene Microsyopoidea; Diminutive Microsyopidae; Evolution Patterns in Microsyopinae; Dental Function of Microsyopoidea; Conclusions; Literature Cited; Appendices. Association copy: The prior owner, Dr. Leonard Krishtalka, is a well known vertebrate paleobiologist who currently directs the Natural History Museum and Biodiversity Research Center at the University of Kansas. ~WW~