Exam 8: Primate Evolution: From Early Primates to Hominoids

List the geological epochs, from the Cretaceous to the present, in consecutive order.

Oreopithiecus was adapted to life in thickly forested marshlands.

The Miocene genus Proconsul is generally regarded as being

Both the parapithecids, such as Apidium, and the propliopithecids, such as Aegyptopithecus, are Oligocene fossil primates that are classified as Old World

Excavations by David Begun at Rudabanya, Hungary have led to a better understanding of the Miocene ape Ouranopithecus.

The earliest true primates from early in the Eocene epoch (55-34 million years ago) fall into two major groups:

In the early Cretaceous, Gondwanaland included

The major geological transition that occurred from the Cretaceous epoch to the Paleocene epoch saw the adaptive radiation of many different types of

The inner ear of Plesiadapis resembled that of modern primates.

Omomyids are considered ________-like because of their large eyes, long tarsal bones and very small size.

Eocene adapids are described as lemur-like, while the Eocene omomyids are considered

Primates with monkey- and ape-like features first appeared in the Oligocene epoch.