A new Late Miocene hominoid from Kenya: Samburupithecus kiptalami gen. et sp. nov.;Un nouvel hominoïde du Miocène supérieur du Kenya : Samburupithecus kiptalami gen. et sp. nov.

Comptes Rendus de l'Academie de Sciences - Serie IIa: Sciences de la Terre et des Planetes

Volumn 325, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 823-829

  Ishida, Hidemi ^a   Pickford, Martin ^b,c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Centre de Recherche Interdisciplinaire en Biologie   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Cheek dentition; Hominoidea; Kenya; Late Miocene; Maxilla; Samburu Hills

Indexed keywords

ALOCASIA MACRORRHIZOS; HOMINIDAE; HOMINOIDEA; MAMMALIA;

DENTITION; HOMINOID; MIOCENE; SAMBURUPITHECUS KIPTALAMI;

KENYA;

EID: 0031431612     PISSN: 12518050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1251-8050(97)82762-0     Document Type: Article

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