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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Anat Rec (Hoboken). 2020 Jan 1;303(9):2415–2475. doi: 10.1002/ar.24326

TABLE 7.

Mandibular tooth calcification: first permanent molar (M1) and incisors (I1)a

Species M1: Age at crown
completion (years)
I1: Onset of
calcification (years)
References Weaning age
(years)
References
Pan troglodytes ~2 0.5 Anenome et al. (1991) 4.6–5 Kappeler and Pereira (2003)
Macaca nemestrina 0.89–.97 2.11–2.28 Sirianni and Swindler (1985) 0.66–1 Kappeler and Pereira (2003)
Saguinus oedipus >0.083, but <0.32 ~ 0.083 New data 0.14 Kappeler and Pereira (2003)
Cebuella ~0.083 Perinatalb New data 0.25 Kappeler and Pereira (2003)
Lemur catta >0.083 >0.055, but <0.083 New data 0.50 Zehr et al. (2014)
Varecia variegata >0.083 >0.033, but <0.068 New data 0.30 Zehr et al. (2014)
Propithecus coquereli ~Birth Prenatal New data 0.39 Zehr et al. (2014)
Galago moholi <0.083 Prenatal New data 0.25 Zehr et al. (2014)
a

Table reproduced from Smith TD, DeLeon VB, Vinyard, CJ, & Young JW. (in press). Skeletal anatomy of the newborn primate. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press.

b

Tooth cusp/crown is calcified in some but not all newborns.