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ALTHOUGH Palaeocene primate crania other than that of Plesiadapis tricuspidens are known (R. W. Wilson and I are now describing a crushed skull of Palaechthon alticuspis R. W. W.), the slightly crushed and damaged skull of the French primate (CR 125), described by Russell1,2, is still the only near complete cranium of a Palaeocene primate. As well as Russell's descriptions there have been three reconstructions of this specimen, two by Simons3,4 and one by Russell2. My remarks here will be directed to Simons's 1964 synthesis.
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SZALAY, F. Cranium of the Late Palaeocene Primate Plesiadapis tricuspidens. Nature 230, 324–325 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1038/230324a0
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