@article{4c7c6405d5ef4e70bb83fbcf7a0bdebe,
title = "New insights into old lemurs: The trophic adaptations of the Archaeolemuridae",
abstract = "Modern tools of paleoecological and ecomorphological research have enabled researchers to reconstruct the lifeways of extinct species more thoroughly than ever before. We apply a variety of tools in an attempt to reconstruct the diets of the extinct archaeolemurids of Madagascar. Our data include dental use wear (examined across species and across ontogenetic series of single species), enamel microstructure, enamel thickness, and δ13C. The data are complemented by field data on the environmental contexts in which the species lived and 14C determinations that demonstrate the surprisingly late survival of archaeolemurids. Several lines of evidence converge to suggest that all archaeolemurid species were hard-object processors, but with different diets and different methods of food processing. Past reconstructions of the diet of Hadropithecus as a specialized grass consumer fail under the scrutiny of multiple lines of evidence.",
keywords = "Archaeolemur, C, Dental microstructure, Diet, Ecomorphology, Hadropithecus, Madagascar, Microwear, Paleoecology",
author = "Godfrey, {Laurie R.} and Semprebon, {Gina M.} and Gary Schwartz and Burney, {David A.} and Jungers, {William L.} and Flanagan, {Erin K.} and Cuozzo, {Frank P.} and King, {Stephen J.}",
note = "Funding Information: We thank our reviewers for suggestions to improve the manuscript. The research was supported by NSF BCS-0237338 (Godfrey), NSF BCS-0237126 (Schwartz), and NSF BCS-0129185 (Burney, Jungers, Godfrey), and conducted under collaboration with the D{\'e}partement de Pal{\'e}ontologie et d{\textquoteright}Anthropologie Biologique, Universit{\'e} d{\textquoteright}Antananarivo. Dental molds were made by Semprebon, Godfrey, and Jungers. Dental use wear was recorded by Semprebon and Flanagan, and analyzed by them, and Godfrey. Dental microstructure was analyzed by Schwartz and Cuozzo with help from Don Reid, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. Field research at Anjohibe, Anjohikely, Belo-sur-Mer, Andrahomana, and other sites was conducted by Burney, Jungers, and Godfrey. We thank the curators and caretakers of the following collections at which primate dental molds were made: Laboratoire de Pal{\'e}ontologie des Vert{\'e}br{\'e}s, Universit{\'e} d{\textquoteright}Antananarivo, Madagascar (UA, Armand Rasoamiaramanana, Gis{\`e}le Randria); Acad{\'e}mie Malgache, Antananarivo, Madagascar (AM, C. Rabenoro); Beza Mahafaly Osteological Collection (BMOC, Joelisoa Ratsirarson, Alison Richard); Natural History Museum in London, United Kingdom (OUM), Paleontology (Peter Andrews) and Mammalogy (Paulina Jenkins); Natural History Museum, Oxford, United Kingdom (OUM, Thomas Kemp, Malgosia Nowak-Kemp); Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria (VNM, Gudrun Hoeck); Nationaal Natuurhistorie Museum, Leiden, the Netherlands (NNM, Chris Smeenk); Duke Primate Center (DPC, Elwyn Simons, Prithijit Chatrath); American Museum of Natural History, New York (AMNH, Ross MacPhee); Smithsonian Institution (USNM) Mammalogy (Richard Thorington, Linda Gordon) and Vertebrate Paleontology (Robert Purdy, Mark Florence); Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge, Massachusetts (MCZ, Maria Rutzmoser, and Judith Chupasko); and the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Specimens for isotope, 14C dating, and microstructural analysis were made available through a collaborative accord (Fordham University and the Universit{\'e} d{\textquoteright}Antananarivo) supporting field and laboratory research on the impacts of Quaternary natural and human-induced change in Madagascar. Don Reid gave valuable advice, and Luci Betti-Nash and Paul Godfrey helped with the production of some of the figures. Alan Walker donated a jaw of Archaeolemur majori from Taolambiby. (The Alan Walker collection of subfossils from Taolambiby is now housed at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.)",
year = "2005",
month = aug,
doi = "10.1007/s10764-005-5325-3",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "26",
pages = "825--854",
journal = "International Journal of Primatology",
issn = "0164-0291",
publisher = "Springer New York",
number = "4",
}