Department of Anthropology at Penn State

Nina G. Jablonski
Professor and Head Department Anthropology at Penn State

Nina G. Jablonski

Koobi Fora Research Project: The Fossil Monkeys

CONTRIBUTORS
Nina G. Jablonski
Meave G. Leakey
Carol V. Ward
Mauricio Anton
George Chaplin
Mark F. Teaford
Richard F. Kay

Peter S. Ungar
Patrick Gathogo

CONTENTS

LIST OF FIGURES

LIST OF TABLES

LIST OF SPECIMENS

I. INTRODUCTION

Nina G. Jablonski and Meave G. Leakey

II. SYSTEMATIC PALEONTOLOGY OF THE SMALL COLUMBINES

Nina G. Jablonski and Meave G. Leakey

III. SYSTEMATIC PALEONTOLOGY OF THE LARGE COLOBINES

Nina G. Jablonski and Meave G. Leakey

IV. SYSTEMATIC PALEONTOLOGY OF THE CERCOPITHECINES

Nina G. Jablonski, Meave G. Leakey, Carol V. Ward, and Mauricio Anton

V. NATURAL LANGUAGE DESCRIPTIONS AND KEYS OF THE KOOBI FOR MONKEY FOSSIL SPECIES USING DELTA

Nina G. Jablonski, Meave G. Leakey, and Mauricio Anton

VI. MOLAR SHAPE AND MICROWEAR IN THE KOOBI FORA MONKEYS: ECOMORPHOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS

Mark F. Teaford, Richard F. Kay, and Peter S. Ungar

VII. GEOLOGICAL BACKGROUND AND CERCOPITHECOID FAUNAL ASSEMBLAGES

Meave G. Leakey, Patrick Gathogo, and Nina G. Jablonski

VIII. THE IMPORTANCE OF THE CERCOPITHECOIDEA FROM THE KOOBI FORA FORMATION IN THE CONTEXT OF PRIMATE AND MAMMALIAN EVOLUTION

Nina G. Jablonski and Meave G. Leakey

APPENDIX: SPECIMEN MEASUREMENT TABLES

INDEX

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Theropithecus Oswaldi full body reconstruction

Nina G Jablonski's Laboratory