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Rethinking Primate Origins Again by SUSSMAN, ROBERT W., TAB RASMUSSEN, D., RAVEN, PETER H.

“…In 1974, Cartmill introduced the theory that the earliest primate adaptations were related to their being visually oriented predators active on slender…”
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Oligocene mammals from Ethiopia and faunal exchange between Afro-Arabia and Eurasia by Kappelman, John, Tab Rasmussen, D, Sanders, William J, Feseha, Mulugeta, Bown, Thomas, Copeland, Peter, Crabaugh, Jeff, Fleagle, John, Glantz, Michelle, Gordon, Adam, Jacobs, Bonnie, Maga, Murat, Muldoon, Kathleen, Pan, Aaron, Pyne, Lydia, Richmond, Brian, Ryan, Timothy, Seiffert, Erik R, Sen, Sevket, Todd, Lawrence, Wiemann, Michael C, Winkler, Alisa

“…Afro-Arabian mammalian communities underwent a marked transition near the Oligocene/Miocene boundary at approximately 24 million years (Myr) ago. Although it…”
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A Large Abelisauroid Theropod Dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of Libya by Smith, Joshua B, Lamanna, Matthew C, Askar, Achmed S, Bergig, Khalid A, Tshakreen, Sefau O, Abugares, Miloud M, Tab Rasmussen, D

“…Despite increasingly intensive paleontological sampling, Cretaceous terrestrial vertebrates from continental Africa remain relatively poorly known, frustrating…”
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Skeletal Morphology of a New Genus of Eocene Insectivore (Mammalia, Erinaceomorpha) from Utah by Dunn, Rachel H., Rasmussen, D. Tab

“…A new genus and 2 new species of erinaceomorph insectivores from the Eocene of Utah are named and described. Both come from Member B of the Uinta Formation,…”
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A Transitional Mammalian Carnivore Community from the Paleogene–Neogene Boundary in Northern Kenya by Friscia, Anthony R., Macharwas, Mathew, Muteti, Samuel, Ndiritu, Francis, Rasmussen, D. Tab

“…The Paleogene–Neogene boundary is an important transitional time for the evolution of African fauna. Many taxa that evolved endemically in the Paleogene begin…”
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Hindlimb adaptations in Ourayia and Chipetaia, relatively large-bodied omomyine primates from the Middle Eocene of Utah by Dunn, Rachel H., Sybalsky, Julia M., Conroy, Glenn C., Rasmussen, D. Tab

“…North American omomyids represent a tremendous Eocene radiation of primates exhibiting a wide range of body sizes and dietary patterns. Despite this adaptive…”
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Primitive Old World monkey from the earliest Miocene of Kenya and the evolution of cercopithecoid bilophodonty by Rasmussen, D. Tab, Friscia, Anthony R., Gutierrez, Mercedes, Kappelman, John, Miller, Ellen R., Muteti, Samuel, Reynoso, Dawn, Rossie, James B., Spell, Terry L., Tabor, Neil J., Gierlowski-Kordesch, Elizabeth, Jacobs, Bonnie F., Kyongo, Benson, Macharwas, Mathew, Muchemi, Francis

“…Old World monkeys (Cercopithecoidea) are a highly successful primate radiation, with more than 130 living species and the broadest geographic range of any…”
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Diet and feeding behavior of Mysore slender lorises by NEKARIS, K. A. I, TAB RASMUSSEN, D

“…We studied the feeding ecology of the Mysore slender loris (Loris lydekkerianus lydekkerianus) for 10.5 mo in a dry scrub forest at Ayyalur Interface Forestry…”
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Paranasal Sinus Anatomy of Aegyptopithecus: Implications for Hominoid Origins by Rossie, James B., Simons, Elwyn L., Gauld, Suellen C., Rasmussen, D. Tab

“…The East African Early Miocene apes, or proconsulids, have often been considered to be among the earliest members of the Hominoidea, as defined by the…”
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Skeletal morphology and locomotor behavior of Pseudotomus eugenei (Rodentia, Paramyinae) from the Uinta Formation, Utah by Dunn, Rachel H., Rasmussen, D. Tab

“…A new skeleton of Pseudotomus eugenei is described and compared to extant large bodied rodents and those fossil manitshines represented by postcranial material…”
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Evolutionary history of lorisiform primates by Rasmussen, D T, Nekaris, K A

“…We integrate information from the fossil record, morphology, behavior and molecular studies to provide a current overview of lorisoid evolution. Several Eocene…”
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Tarsier-Like Locomotor Specializations in the Oligocene Primate Afrotarsius by Rasmussen, D. Tab, Conroy, Glenn C., Simons, Elwyn L.

“…Tarsiers and extinct tarsier-like primates have played a central role in views of primate phylogeny and evolution for more than a century. Because of the…”
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Susan Cachel (ed): Primate and Human Evolution: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 2006, xvii + 469 pp., $130.00 (hardback) by Rasmussen, D. Tab

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Cranial morphology of Aegyptopithecus and Tarsius and the question of the tarsier-anthropoidean clade by Simons, E L, Rasmussen, D T

“…New crania of the Oligocene anthropoidean Aegyptopithecus provide a test of the hypothesized tarsier-anthropoidean clade. Three cranial characters shared by…”
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The dentition of Dyseolemur, and comments on the use of the anterior teeth in primate systematics by Rasmussen, D.Tab, Shekelle, Myron, Walsh, Stephen L., Riney, Bradford O.

“…A new specimen of Dyseolemur pacificus Stock, 1934, represents the most complete dentition known for any North American omomyid primate. Crowns are preserved…”
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New specimens of Oligopithecus savagei, early Oligocene primate from the Fayum, Egypt by Rasmussen, D T, Simons, E L

“…New specimens of the early Oligocene anthropoidean, Oligopithecus savagei, from the Fayum, Egypt, include unworn specimens of lower teeth plus the first known…”
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Skull of Catopithecus browni, an early tertiary catarrhine by Simons, Elwyn L., Rasmussen, D. Tab

“…Fossil crania from quarry L‐41, Fayum, Egypt, representing Catopithecus browni, a primate similar in size to callitrichids but with a catarrhine dental…”
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The generic classification of Fayum Anthropoidea by SIMONS, E. L, RASMUSSEN, D. T

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A TRANSITIONAL MAMMALIAN CARNIVORE COMMUNITY FROM THE PALEOGENE–NEOGENE BOUNDARY IN NORTHERN KENYA by FRISCIA, ANTHONY R., MACHARWAS, MATHEW, MUTETI, SAMUEL, NDIRITU, FRANCIS, RASMUSSEN, D. TAB

“…The Paleogene–Neogene boundary is an important transitional time for the evolution of African fauna. Many taxa that evolved endemically in the Paleogene begin…”
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ECOMORPHOLOGICAL DIVERSITY AMONG PALEOGENE HYRACOIDS (MAMMALIA): A NEW CURSORIAL BROWSER FROM THE FAYUM, EGYPT by TAB RASMUSSEN, D, SIMONS, ELWYN L

“…A new genus and species (Antilohyrax pectidens) of gazelle-sized hyracoid from the late Eocene, Jebel Qatrani Formation, Fayum Province, Egypt, exhibits…”
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