Brief communication: New primate remains from the Miocene of Namibia, Southern Africa

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 487-492

  Conroy, Glenn C ^a   Senut, Brigitte ^b   Gommery, Dominique ^b   Pickford, Martin ^c   Mein, Pierre ^d  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Inst Paleontol Mus Natl d'H   (France)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NAMIBIA   (Namibia)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Miocene Hominoids; Namibia; Otavipithecus; Primate Evolution

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATLAS; FOSSIL; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PRIMATE; SOUTH AFRICA; TOOTH;

ANIMALS; ATLAS; CERCOPITHECIDAE; EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; HISTORY, ANCIENT; MOLAR; NAMIBIA; PALEODONTOLOGY; PALEONTOLOGY; PRIMATES; TOOTH;

EID: 0030032799     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199603)99:3<487::AID-AJPA9>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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