Nuciruptor rubricae, a new pitheciin seed predator from the Miocene of Colombia

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 407-427

  Meldrum, D J ^a,c   Kay, R F ^b  

^a IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Nucl Eng Idaho State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropoidea; Cebupithecia sarmientoi; New World monkeys; Nuciruptor rubricae; Pitheciinae; Platyrrhini

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CANINE TOOTH; COLOMBIA; CRANIOFACIAL MORPHOLOGY; DENTITION; DIETARY INTAKE; ENAMEL HYPOPLASIA; INCISOR; MANDIBLE; MOLAR TOOTH; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PREDATOR; PREMOLAR TOOTH; PRIMATE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TOOTH DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CEBIDAE; COLOMBIA; DENTITION; DIET; INCISOR; MANDIBLE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MOLAR; PHYLOGENY; SEEDS;

EID: 0030949433     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199703)102:3<407::AID-AJPA8>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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