Elwyn LaVerne Simons
Elwyn LaVerne Simons (1930–2016), U.S. paleontologist and primatologist.
- Division of Fossil Primates, Duke University Primate Center, 1013 Broad Street, Durham, North Carolina, 27705, United States.
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Publications
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1972
edit- Simons, E.L. 1972. Primate Evolution: an Introduction to Man's Place in Nature. New York: Macmillan. Reference page.
1974
edit- Simons, E.L. & Gingerich, P.D. 1974. New carnivorous mammals from the Oligocene of Egypt. Annals of the Geological Survey of Egypt 4: 157–166. PDF Reference page.
1985
edit- Simons, E.L. & Bown, T.M. 1985. Afrotarsius chatrathi, first tarsiiform primate (?Tarsiidae) from Africa. Nature 313: 475–477. DOI: 10.1038/313475a0 .
1987
edit- Bown, T.M. & Simons, E.L. 1987. New Oligocene Ptolemaiidae (Mammalia: ?Pantolesta) from the Jebel Qatrani Formation, Fayum Depression, Egypt. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 7(3): 311–324. DOI: 10.1080/02724634.1987.10011662 Reference page.
1988
edit- Simons, E.L. & Rumpler, Y. 1988. Eulemur: New generic name for species of Lemur other than Lemur catta. Comptes rendus de l'Académie des sciences. Série III 307(9): 547–551. BnF Gallica Reference page.
1995
edit- Simons, E.L. & Bown, T.M. 1995. Ptolemaiida, a new order of Mammalia—with description of the cranium of Ptolemaia grangeri. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 92(8): 3269–73. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.92.8.3269 ResearchGate Reference page.
- Simons, E.L., Rasmussen, D.T. & Gingerich, P.D. 1995. New cercamoniine adapid from Fayum, Egypt. Journal of Human Evolution 29(6): 577–589. DOI: 10.1006/jhev.1995.1076 Academia.edu Reference page.
2009
edit- Miller, E.R., Benefit, B.R., McCrossin, M.L., Plavcan, J.M., Leakey, M.G., El-Barkooky, A.N., Hamdan, M.A., Abdel Gawad, M.K., Hassan, S.M. & Simons, E.L. 2009. Systematics of early and middle Miocene Old World monkeys. Journal of Human Evolution 57(3): 195–211. DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2009.06.006 ResearchGate Reference page.
- Seiffert, E., Perry, J.M.G., Simons, E.L. & Boyer, D.M. 2009. Convergent evolution of anthropoid-like adaptations in Eocene adapiform primates. Nature 461(7267): 1118–1121. DOI: 10.1038/nature08429 ResearchGate Reference page.
2010
edit- Murray, A.M., Cook, T.D., Attia, Y.S., Chatrath, P. & Simons, E.L. 2010. A Freshwater Ichthyofauna from the Late Eocene Birket Qarun Formation, Fayum, Egypt. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30(3): 665–680. DOI: 10.1080/02724631003758060 Reference page.
2011
edit- Gaffney, E.S., Meylan, P.A., Wood, R.C., Simons, E.L. & Campos, D.A. 2011. Evolution of the side-necked turtles: the family Podocnemididae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 350: 1–237. DOI: 10.1206/350.1, hdl: 2246/6110 Reference page.
- Sallam, H.M., Seiffert, E.R. & Simons, E.L. 2011. Craniodental Morphology and Systematics of a New Family of Hystricognathous Rodents (Gaudeamuridae) from the Late Eocene and Early Oligocene of Egypt. PLoS ONE 6(2): e16525. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0016525 Reference page.