Plio-Pleistocene cercopithecids from Kanam East, western Kenya

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 539-561

  Harrison, Terry ^a   Harris, Eugene E ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cercopithecids; Cercopithecus; Colobus; Kanam East; Kenya; Lophocebus; Plio Pleistocene

Indexed keywords

CERCOCEBUS; CERCOPITHECIDAE; CERCOPITHECUS; COLOBINAE; COLOBUS; LOPHOCEBUS; ZANCLEA;

CERCOPITHECID; CERCOPITHECUS; COLOBUS; LOPHOCEBUS; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE;

KENYA, KANAM EAST;

EID: 0030459559     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jhev.1996.0042     Document Type: Article

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