Presence of an obturator groove in some Cercopithecoids and small-sized Platyrrhines

Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences - Serie III

Volumn 320, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 421-425

  Bacon, Anne Marie ^a,b  

^a M Systems   (France)

^b Lab Paleoanthropologie Prehist C   (France)

Author keywords

Cercopithecoids; Muscle obturator externus; Obturator groove; Platyrrhines

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOIDEA; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; BONE STRUCTURE; FEMUR NECK; HIP; JOINT MOBILITY; LEG MUSCLE; LOCOMOTION; NONHUMAN;

ANTHROPOIDEA; CERCOPITHECOIDEA; HOMO; MACACA;

EID: 0030881985     PISSN: 07644469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0764-4469(97)85031-7     Document Type: Article

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