CLASSIFICATION AND EVOLUTION OF ASIAN COLOBINES

In order to study the differentiation of Asian colobines, 14 variables measured on 123 skulls, including Rhinopithecus, Presbytis, Presbytiscus (Rhinopithecus avunculus), Pygathrix and Nasalis were analyzed by one-way, cluster and discriminant function analyses. Information on paleoenvironmental changes in China and southeast Asia since the late Tertiary was used to examine the influences of migratory routes and range of distribution in Asian colobines. A cladogram for 6 genera of Asian colobines was constructed from the results of various analyses. Some new points or revisions were suggested: (1) Following one of two migratory routes, ancient species of Asian colobines perhaps passed through Xizang (Tibet) along the northern bank of the Tethys sea and through the Heng Duan Shan regions of Yunnan into Vietnam. An ancient landmass linking Yunnan and Xizang was already present on the east bank of the Tethys sea. Accordingly, Asian colobines would have two centers of evolutionary origin: Sundaland and the Heng Duan Shan regions of China. (2) Pygathrix shares more cranial features with Presbytiscus than with Rhinopithecus. This differs somewhat from the conclusion reached by Groves. (3) Nasalis (karyotype: 2n = 48) may be the most primitive genus among Asian colobines. Certain features shared with Rhinopithecus, e.g. large body size, terrestrial activity and limb proportions, can be interpreted as symple-siomorphic characters. (4) Rhinopithecus, with respect to craniofacial features, is a special case among Asian colobines. It combines a high degree of evolutionary specialization with retention of some primitive features thought to have been present in the ancestral Asian colobine.

颅颌运动仿真系统(牙合)接触精度初探

目的 探讨颅颌运动仿真系统的骀接触模拟精度,为该仿真系统的应用提供依据.方法 制作10副石膏模型并上(牙合)架.用(牙合)架模拟侧方运动,三维扫描侧方运动终点(牙合)架上的上下颌模型,重建数字化上下颌模型作为对照组.运用仿真系统模拟耠架的侧方运动,以仿真系统输出的侧方运动终点的数字化上下颌模型为试验组.通过比较试验组与对照组下颌牙列之间的位置差异评价仿真系统的(牙合)接触模拟精度.结果 仿真系统模拟的下颌牙列与对照组下颌牙列之间的绝对平均距离为(0.18±0.05)mm;在前后左右四个分区中,两组右后牙区之间的绝对平均距离最大,为(0.19±0.07)mm.结论 该仿真系统的体外胎接触模拟精度为0.19mm.