New species of Nyanzapithecus from Nachola, northern Kenya

Anthropological Science

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 117-141

  Kunimatsu, Yutaka ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

East africa; Hominoids; Miocene; Nyanzapithecus; Oreopithecids

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031106995     PISSN: 09187960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1537/ase.105.117     Document Type: Article

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