Dental microwear and microstructure in early oligocene primates from the Fayum, Egypt: Implications for diet

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 527-543

  Teaford, Mark F ^a   Maas, Mary C ^b   Simons, Elwyn L ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aegyptopithecus; African; Anthropoidea; Apidium; Dental microstructure; Dental microwear; Diet; Oligocene; Parapithecus; Primates; Scanning electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOIDEA; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; DIETARY INTAKE; EGYPT; ENAMEL; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NORMAL HUMAN; PALEOPATHOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TOOTH DISEASE;

ANIMALS; DENTAL OCCLUSION; DIET; EGYPT; FOSSILS; HISTORY, ANCIENT; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MOLAR; PALEODONTOLOGY; PRIMATES; TOOTH; TOOTH ABRASION;

EID: 0030468866     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199612)101:4<527::AID-AJPA7>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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