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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS<br />

I am grateful to P. Gingerich, G. Gunnell, and J. Bloch for the opportunity to lead<br />

the study and description of UM 87990. P. Gingerich and W. Sanders facilitated and<br />

oversaw the production and provision of high quality casts of this specimen. A. Walker<br />

and T. Ryan provided HRxCT scans of this specimen and others at the Center for<br />

Quantitative Imaging, Pennsylvania State University. S. Judex and C. Rubin provided<br />

HRxCT scans at the Center for Biotechnology of the Department of Biomedical<br />

Engineering at Stony Brook University. M. Godinot, P. Tassy and C. Sagne of MNHN,<br />

and M. Pellouin provided access to important comparative specimens of Plesiadapis<br />

tricuspidens and Platychoerops. This research was enhanced by discussions with J.<br />

Bloch, P. Gingerich, M. Godinot, J. Perry, M. Silcox, R. Secord and many other<br />

researchers. D. Krause, M. O’Leary, J. Fleagle, W. Jungers, and P. Gingerich read and<br />

enhanced previous manuscripts. It was made possible by funding from a National<br />

Science Foundation grant to P. Gingerich and G. Gunnell (BCS-0129601), a National<br />

Science Foundation grant to D. Krause and J. Bloch (EAR-0308902), and a National<br />

Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, an Evolving Earth Foundation grant,<br />

a National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant (BCS-<br />

0622544), and an American Society of Mammalogists grant to D. <strong>Boyer</strong>.<br />

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