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36 Cards in this Set
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What epoch did the Omomyidae exist?
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Early to Late Eocene
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Where did the Omomyidae exist?
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Old and New Worlds
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Where are the Omomyidae placed in phylogeny?
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Tarsier-like
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What Epoch did the Adapidae exist?
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Early to Late Eocene
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Where did the Adapidae exist?
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Old and New Worlds
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Where are the Adapidae placed in phylogeny?
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Lemur-like
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What Epoch did the Catopithecus exist?
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Late Eocene
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Where did the Catopithecus exist?
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Fayum, Egypt
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Where are the Catopithecus placed in phylogeny?
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First true anthropoid, retains some prosimian traits
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What epoch did the Aegyptopithecus exist?
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Early Oligocene
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Where did the Aegyptopithecus exist?
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Fayum, Egypt
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Where are the Aegyptopithecus placed in phylogeny?
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Arboreal quadruped, first catarrhine
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What epoch did the Parapithecidae (Apidium)exist?
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Early Oligocene
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Where did the Parapithecidae (Apidium) exist?
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Fayum, Egypt
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Where is the Parapithecidae placed in phylogeny?
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Possible ancestor to New World Monkeys, 2:1:3:3 dental formula
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What epoch did the Proconsul exist?
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Early Miocene
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Where did the Proconsul exist?
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Rusinga Island, Kenya
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Where is the Proconsul placed in phylogeny?
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Dental ape, protohominoid
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What epoch did the Victoriapithecus exist?
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Early Miocene
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Where did the Victoriapithecus exist?
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Rusinga Island, Kenya
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Where is the Victoriapithecus placed in phylogeny?
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Ancestor of Cercopithecoids
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What epoch did the Sivapithecus (Asian Ramapithecus) exist?
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Middle Miocene
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Where did the Sivapithecus (Asian Ramapithecus) exist?
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Potwar Plateau, Pakistan
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Where is the Sivapithecus (Asian Ramapithecus) place din phylogeny?
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Ancestor to orangutans
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What epoch did the Ouranopithecus (Ankarapithecus) exist?
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Late Miocene
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Where dit he Ouranopithecus (Ankarapithecus) exist?
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Greece
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Where is the Ouranopithecus (Ankarapithecus) placed in phylogeny?
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Stem ancestor to African great apes
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What epoch did the Laccopithecus exist?
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Late Miocene
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Where did the Laccopithecus exist?
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Southern China
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Where are the Laccopithecus placed in phylogeny?
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Possible ancestor of gibbons
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What epoch did the Australopithecus exist?
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Pliocene (later members in Pleistocene)
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Where did the Australopithecus exist?
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East and South Africa
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Where are the Australopithecus placed in phylogeny?
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First definite bipeds in fossil record
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What epoch did the Gigantopithecus exist?
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Pleistocene
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Where did the Gigantopithecus exist?
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China and Southest Asia
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Where are the Gigantopithecus placed in phylogeny?
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Fourth great ape, only great ape to go extinct, largest primate ever
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