ANTHRO105 - Practical 2 - Primate Taxonomy and Teeth & Diet
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23 Terms
incisors
canines
premolars
molars
# of dental quadrants in a skull
four quadrants, maxillary left/right, mandibular left/right
Folivore teeth → to cut and break open leaves, small incisors
Frugivore teeth → low rounded molars to crush and pulp fruit, large incisors
Omnivore teeth → generalized dentition
Insectivore teeth → high pointed cusps to crush exoskeletons
What tooth is this in correct Tooth Notation form?
LUC (left upper canine)
What tooth is this in correct Tooth Notation form?
RP4
What tooth is this in correct Tooth Notation form?
RI2
What tooth is this in correct Tooth Notation form?
LM3
Basic Ancestral Primate Traits?
nucleus, backbone, hair and mammary glands
Core Ancestral Primate Traits?
nails, opposable thumbs, bincoular vision, mobile joints
The Primate Suborders?
Strephirrhines and Haplorhines
Haplorhines, postorbital closure
Strephirrhines, postorbital bar
Lemurs and Lorises, strephirrhines
what kind of skull is dis?
dis is the Tarsier skull, it is a halporhine
Dental Formula of Platyrrhines?
2-1-3-3, 2 incisors, 1 canine, 3 premolars, 3 molars, per quadrant
Dental Formula of Cercopithecoids?
2-1-2-3, 2 incisors, 1 canine, 2 premolars, 3 molars, per quadrant
Biphodont molars!
Dental Formula of Hominoids/Apes?
2-1-2-3, 2 incisors, 1 canine, 2 premolars, 3 molars, y-5 molars