Atelidae
Atelidae ist der Familienname von 51 Primaten, die ab dem frühen vor bis lebten. Viele Überreste wurden in Venezuela gefunden.
Fundorte
Die Funddaten, die Systematik sowie die unten folgende Literatursammlung stammen aus der Paleobiology Database, Lizenz
Steckbrief
| Die Welt zur Zeit von Atelidae | |
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Landmassenverteilung im Holozän
Bild: Ron Blakely
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| Ernährung/Lebensraum | |
| Basierend auf den Fossilien glaubt man, dass die Familie Atelidae Allesfresser (omnivor) waren. Ihr Leben verbrachen die Tiere vermutlich in den Bäumen (arboreal), wo sie auch ihre Nahrung fanden. | |
| * Daten nach Eisenberg et al., 1979 | |
| Verbreitung: | SüdamerikaVenezuela |
| Physiologie | |
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| Gewicht: | ? |
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Literatur
R. A. Stirton 1951, Ceboid monkeys from the Miocene of Colombia. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences. 28:11, p. 315 - 356J. F. Eisenberg, M. A. O'Connell, P.V. August 1979, Density, Productivity, and Distribution of Mammals in Two Venezuelan Habitats. Vertebrate Ecology in the Northern Neotropics, Smithsonian Inst. Press, Washington, D.C.. :11, p. 187 - 207
T. Setoguchi, T. Watanabe, T. Mouri 1981, The upper dentition of Stirtonia (Ceboidea, Primates) from the Miocene of Colombia, South America and the origin of the Postero-internal cusp of upper molars of howler monkeys (Alouatta). Kyoto University Overseas Research Reports of New World Monkeys. 2:11, p. 51 - 60
T. Setoguchi, T. Watanabe, T. Mouri 1985, Kondous laventicus, a new ceboid primate from the Miocene of the La Venta, Colombia, South America. Folia Primatologica. 44:2, p. 96 - 101
R. F. Kay, R. H. Madden, J. M. Plavcan, R. L. Cifelli, J. Guerrero Diaz 1987, Stirtonia victoriae, a new species of Miocene Colombian Primate. Journal of Human Evolution. 16:2, p. 173 - 196
R. F. Kay, R. H. Madden, J. Guerrero Diaz 1989, Nuevos hallazgos de monos en el Mioceno de Colombia. Ameghiniana. 25:3, p. 203 - 212
J. Terborgh, R. H. Madden, J. Guerrero Diaz 1990, An Overview of Research at Cocha Cashu Biological Station. Gentry, A.H., Four Neotropical Rainforests, Yale University Press, New Haven. :3, p. 48 - 59
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J. Terborgh, S.J. Wright, J. Guerrero Diaz 1990, An Overview of Research at Cocha Cashu Biological Station. Gentry, A.H., Four Neotropical Rainforests, Yale University Press, New Haven. :3, p. 48 - 59
W. C. Hartwig, C. Cartelle, J. Guerrero Diaz 1996, A complete skeleton of the giant South American primate Protopithecus. Nature. 381:3, p. 307 - 311, DOI: 10.1038/381307a0
C. Cartelle, W. C. Hartwig, J. Guerrero Diaz 1996, A new extinct primate among the Pleistocene megafauna of Bahia, Brazil. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 93:3, p. 6405 - 6409, DOI: 10.1038/381307a0
M. A. Cozzuol, W. C. Hartwig, J. Guerrero Diaz 2006, The Acre vertebrate fauna: Age, diversity, and geography. Journal of South American Earth Sciences. 21:3, p. 185 - 203, DOI: 10.1038/381307a0
R. F. Kay, M. A. Cozzuol, J. Guerrero Diaz 2006, New platyrrhine monkeys from the Solimoes Formation (late Miocene, Acre State, Brazil). Journal of Human Evolution. 50:6, p. 673 - 686, DOI: 10.1038/381307a0
M. F. Tejedor, A. L. Rosenberg, C. Cartelle 2008, Nueva especie de Alouatta (Primates, Atelinae) del Pleistoceno Tardío de Bahía, Brasil. Ameghiniana. 45:1, p. 247 - 251, DOI: 10.1038/381307a0