新世界ザルにおける下顎大臼歯から推測する上顎大臼歯の形態‐wear facet8とhypoconeの関係について‐

  • 堀 智彦
    北里研究所生物製剤研究所病理研究室

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  • Morphological Relationship Between Upper and Lower Molars in Platyrrhini
  • 新世界ザルにおける下顎大臼歯から推測する上顎大臼歯の形態--wear facet 8とhypoconeの関係について
  • シンセカイザル ニ オケル シタアゴ ダイキュウシ カラ スイソクスル ウワアゴ ダイキュウシ ノ ケイタイ wear facet 8 ト hypocone ノ カンケイ ニ ツイテ
  • - wear facet 8 とhypocone の関係について-

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The upper molars carry a good amount of information for identifying the fossil Platyrrhines, whereas the lower molars do not. However, the upper molars are not found so much as the lower molars. It is supposed that the occlusal feature of an upper molar is inferred from the occlusal morphology of the respective lower molar. It is hypothesized that wear facet 8 is indicative of the hypocone, as it is formed in the distal part of entocristid of a lower molar by the occlusion with hypocone which is important trait classifying Callitrichine from other Platyrrhines. However, the development of lingual cingulum may give confounding effect on the development of facet 8. In this study, using specimens of Saimiri (hypocone present), Callithrix (hypocone absent) and Saguinus(hypocone partially present), which had different degree of occlusal wearing, I observed both of the upper and lower first molars for the presence both of the wear facet 8 and hypocone under binocular microscopes. As a result, the formation of lower facet 8 was found to be strictly indicative of the hypocone without being influenced by the lingual cingulum. Application of this relationship on such Platyrrhine fossils as Aotus dindensis, Mohanamico hershkovitzi, Patasola magdalena, Xenothrix mcgregori, Nuciruptor rubricae, whose upper molars were not found, and therefore, which have not been properly classified, gave phylogenetic implications.

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  • 霊長類研究

    霊長類研究 23 (2), 61-70, 2007

    一般社団法人 日本霊長類学会

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