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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450651003321

Autore

Swindler Daris Ray

Titolo

Primate dentition : an introduction to the teeth of non human primates / / Daris R. Swindler ; illustrated by Robert M. George [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2002

ISBN

1-107-11756-9

1-280-41759-5

9786610417599

1-139-14613-0

0-511-17601-5

0-511-06642-2

0-511-06011-4

0-511-30419-6

0-511-54254-2

0-511-06855-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xv, 296 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Cambridge studies in biological and evolutionary anthropology ; ; 32

Disciplina

573.3/56198

Soggetti

Primates - Anatomy

Dentition

Teeth

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-294).

Nota di contenuto

; 1. Introduction -- ; 2. Dental anatomy -- ; 3. Dental development -- ; 4. The deciduous dentition -- ; 5. Prosimii -- ; 6. Ceboidea -- ; 7. Cercopithecidae -- ; 8. Hylobatidae -- ; 9. Pongidae -- ; App. 1. Odontometry -- ; App. 2. Dental eruption sequences.

Sommario/riassunto

Primate dentitions vary widely both between genera and between species within a genus. This book is a comparative dental anatomy of the teeth of living non-human primates that brings together information from many disciplines to present the most useful and comprehensive database possible in one consolidated text. The core of the book consists of comparative morphological and metrical



descriptions with analyses, reference tables and illustrations of the permanent dentitions of 85 living primate species to establish a baseline for future investigations. The book also includes information on dental microstructure and its importance in understanding taxonomic relationships between species, data on deciduous dentitions, prenatal dental development and ontogenetic processes, and material to aid age estimation and life history studies. Primate Dentition will be an important reference work for researchers in primatology, dental and physical anthropology, comparative anatomy and dentistry as well as vertebrate paleontology and veterinary science.