Jaw morphology and function in living and fossil Old World monkeys

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 909-932

  Ravosa, Matthew J ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

Author keywords

allometry; fossils; masticatory biomechanics; scaling; skull form

Indexed keywords

CERCOPITHECIDAE;

EID: 0030478067     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02735294     Document Type: Article

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