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Theropithecus: The Rise and Fall of a Primate Genus

 

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CONTRIBUTORS

A. David Beynon
David Dean
Eric Delson
Robin I. Dunbar
Gerald Eck
Roberta A. Foley
Robert Hoffstetter
Toshitaka Iwamoto



Nina G. Jablonski
Hartmut B. Krentz
Meave G. Leakey
Phyllis C. Lee
Robert D. Martin
Martin Pickford
Daris R. Swindler
Mark F. Teaford

 

CONTENTS

Chapter 1 Introduction
Nina G. Jablonski

PART I FOSSIL EVIDENCE AND PHYLOGENY
Chapter 2 Theropithecus darti from the Hadar Formation, Ethiopia Gerald
G. Eck

Chapter 3 Evolution of Theropithecus in the Turkana Basin
Meave G. Leakey

Chapter 4 Are Papio baringensis R. Leakey, 1969, and P. quadratirostris Iwamoto, 1982, species of Papio or Theropithecus?
Eric Delson and David Dean

Chapter 5 Theropithecus fossils from Africa and India and the taxonomy of the genus
Eric Delson

Chapter 6 Theropithecus from Ternifine, Algeria
Eric Delson and Robert Hoffstetter

Chapter 7 The phylogeny of Theropithecus
Nina G. Jablonski

PART II BIOGEOGRAPHY AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY
Chapter 8 Climate change, biogeography and Theropithecus
Martin Pickford

Chapter 9 African terrestrial primates: the comparative evolutionary biology of Theropithecus and the Hominidae
R.A. Foley

PART III ANATOMY OF THE FOSSIL AND LIVING SPECIES OF THEROPITHECUS
Chapter 10 Allometric aspects of skull morphology in Theropithecus
Robert D. Martin

Chapter 11 Evolution of the masticatory apparatus in Theropithecus
Nina G. Jablonski

Chapter 12 Dental microwear and diet in extant and extinct Theropithecus: preliminary analyses
Mark F. Teaford

Chapter 13 The development and microstructure of the dentition of Theropithecus
Daris R. Swindler and A. David Beynon

Chapter 14 Postcranial anatomy of extinct and extant species of Theropithecus
Hartmut B. Krentz

PART IV BEHAVIOUR AND ECOLOGY OF LIVING AND FOSSIL SPECIES OF THEROPITHECUS
Chapter 15 Social organisation of the Gelada
R.I.M. Dunbar

Chapter 16 The ecology of Theropithecus gelada
Toshitaka Iwamoto

Chapter 17 Food digestion and energetic conditions in Theropithecus gelada
Toshitaka Iwamoto

Chapter 18 Socioecology of the extinct Theropiths: a modelling approach
R.I.M. Dunbar

Chapter 19 Ecological energetics and extinction of giant gelada baboons
P.C. Lee and R.A. Foley

Suggested Citation: JABLONSKI, NINA G. (ed.).1993. Theropithecus: The Rise and Fall of a Primate Genus. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. 552 pp.

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