Primate dentition : an introduction to the teeth of non-human primates /

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Author / Creator:Swindler, Daris Ray.
Imprint:Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002.
Description:xv, 296 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Series:Cambridge studies in biological and evolutionary anthropology ; 32
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4642342
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ISBN:0521652898 (hb)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-294) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • 1. Introduction
  • Order Primates
  • Dental cast collection
  • Odontometry
  • Dental terminology
  • 2. Dental anatomy
  • Anatomy
  • Enamel
  • Dentine
  • Cementum
  • Tooth roots
  • Dental pulp
  • 3. Dental development
  • Heterodont dentitions
  • Genetics
  • Odontogenesis
  • Ontogeny of crown patterns
  • Age estimation
  • Sequence of initial stages of permanent tooth formation
  • 4. The deciduous dentition
  • New World monkeys
  • Family Atelidae
  • Subfamily Atelinae
  • Old World monkeys
  • Family Cercopithecidae
  • Subfamily Cercopithecinae
  • Subfamily Colobinae
  • Great Apes
  • Family Pongidae
  • 5. Prosimii
  • Superfamily Lemuroidea
  • Family Lemuridae
  • Family Lepilemuridae
  • Family Cheirogaleidae
  • Family Indriidae
  • Family Daubentoniidae
  • Superfamily Lorisoidea
  • Family Galagidae
  • Family Lorisidae
  • Superfamily Tarsioidea
  • Family Tarsidae
  • 6. Ceboidea
  • Family Cebidae
  • Subfamily Callitrichinae
  • Subfamily Cebinae
  • Subfamily Aotinae
  • Family Atelidae
  • Subfamily Callicebinae
  • Subfamily Pitheciinae
  • Subfamily Atelinae
  • 7. Cercopithecidae
  • Subfamily Cercopithecinae
  • Subfamily Colobinae
  • 8. Hylobatidae
  • 9. Pongidae
  • Appendix 1.. Odontometry
  • Permanent teeth
  • Deciduous teeth
  • Appendix 2.. Dental eruption sequences
  • Glossary
  • References
  • Taxonomic index