Morphofunctional Study of the Femora and Tibiae of Quercy 'Adapis': Recognition of Five Morphological Types;Analyse morphofonctionnelle des fémurs et des tibias des «Adapis» du Quercy: Mise en évidence de cinq types morphologiques

Folia Primatologica

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-21

  Bacon, Anne Marie ^a   Godinot, Marc ^b  

^a MUSÉE DE L HOMME   (France)

^b PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Adapis; Functional morphology; Hindlimb bones; Late Eocene; Palaeolemur; Quercy (France)

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CEBIDAE; CLASSIFICATION; FEMUR; FOSSIL; FRANCE; HISTOLOGY; LOCOMOTION; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIMATE; RUNNING; TIBIA; WALKING;

ANIMALS; CEBIDAE; FEMUR; FOSSILS; FRANCE; LOCOMOTION; PALEONTOLOGY; PRIMATES; RUNNING; TIBIA; WALKING;

EID: 0031611927     PISSN: 00155713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000021565     Document Type: Article

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