New specimens of the oldest fossil platyrrhine, Branisella boliviana, from Salla, Bolivia

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 301-317

  Takai, Masanaru ^a   Anaya, Federico ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Museo Nacional de Historia Natural   (Bolivia)

Author keywords

'Szalatavus'; Callitrichines; Late Oligocene

Indexed keywords

BOLIVIA; FOSSIL; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PRIMATE; REVIEW; TISSUE SECTION;

ANIMALS; BOLIVIA; CEBIDAE; CLASSIFICATION; EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; TOOTH;

EID: 0030034397     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199602)99:2<301::AID-AJPA7>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Review

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